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un·his·tor·i·cal | \ ˌən-hi-ˈstȯr-i-kəl 
, -ˈstär- \
, -ˈstär- \variants:
or less commonly unhistoric \ ˌən-hi-ˈstȯr-ik , -ˈstär- \
, -ˈstär- \Definition of unhistorical
: not based on, dealing with, or true to history : not historical [Edmund] Spenser's imitators sometimes misunderstood his archaisms, and used them in unhistorical senses.— Charles Barber
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unhistorically \ ˌən-hi-ˈstȯr-i-k(ə-)lē , -ˈstär- \ adverb
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