not serious
Example Sentences
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And if he’s not serious about putting together a championship team, he should sell it to someone like Mark Walter or Stan Kroenke, who know how to build winning organizations.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Iran’s latest attacks were not serious enough to break the cease-fire.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
Post-marketing requirements are both routine and common, “and an additional check on rare or long-term signals from clinical trials that couldn’t be fully resolved but not serious enough to prevent approval,” Parry explained.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
The Cold War aside, most of the conflicts I've covered over the years have been small-scale affairs: nasty and dangerous, certainly, but not serious enough to threaten the peace of the entire world.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
As wounds go, it was not serious; in fact while I sat there looking the bleeding virtually stopped.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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