unamusable

Like his successor Louis XIV, the son of Marie de Medicis was one of the most "unamusable" of monarchs; and like Cinq-Mars himself, he was weary of the unvaried routine of pleasures which made up the sum of his existence while confined to his own capital; and thus he welcomed every prospect of change without caring to investigate the motives of those by whom it was proposed.

The Life of Marie de Medicis — Volume 3 Julia Pardoe 1833

His superior, Senior Minister H., was notoriously dry and unamusable — certainly not a candidate for the manuscript.

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His superior, Senior Minister H., was notoriously dry and unamusable — certainly not a candidate for the manuscript.

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Simpson, however, was still in that unamused and unamusable state of a very drunk man who is wondering whether he can avoid being sick, and he did not respond.

The Great Hat Race Michael Allen 2005

Then the movie and the tiring job of amusing the unamusable for the 30 minutes it took to and from the theatre and then, the refusal of eye contact and shabby indoor excuses that finally convinced him our night was over.

i-claudius Diary Entry i-claudius 2002

"I pity you," said M. de Talleyrand to M. de Rémusat, "you have to amuse the unamusable."

The Modern Regime, Volume 1 Hippolyte Taine 1860

And she made herself look sullen and unamusable all over.

White Lies Charles Reade 1849

I had to try to amuse persons who had become almost unamusable. '

Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 Alexis de Tocqueville 1832