unromantic

adjective

un·​ro·​man·​tic ˌən-rō-ˈman-tik 

-rə-

: not suitable for, conducive to, or given to romance or courtship : not romantic

unromantic people

an unromantic gesture

She describes the extremely unromantic way she met her husband …

—Sara Eckel

unromantically

ˌən-rō-ˈman-ti-k(ə-)lē 

-rə-

adverb

Examples of unromantic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Unforgiven recasts the genre as a pitiless, almost pathologically unromantic realm populated by twits hoping to make their name and aged gunslingers who have to make peace with their bad pasts. —Will Leitch, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024

These compounds, with unromantic names like (E)-beta-ocimene and benzyl methyl ether, are delicate. —Lily Stewart, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2024

Millennials bring an unromantic prudence to such choices that often surprises their parents. —Neil Howe, Fortune, 18 July 2023

How could a film turn such a simple, unromantic word into one of the most gut-wrenching expressions of love ever to be uttered on screen? —Kori Williams, Seventeen, 20 Jan. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1731, in the meaning defined above