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un·po·et·ic | \ ˌən-pō-ˈe-tik 
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\Definition of unpoetic
: not poetic unpoetic writing an unpoetic writer … a nervous, sensitive, high-strung nature, cast unduly upon a cold, calculating, and unpoetic world.— Theodore Dreiser
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The first known use of unpoetic was in 1635
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