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 …—
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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
Despite the title, neuroscientist Ellard is decidedly unromantic about deconstructing both natural and human-made environments into components that trigger specific cognitive responses.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 26 Aug. 2015
Enter the ungainly, decidedly unromantic Alto-Shaam, a single-compartment unit, which looks an R2-D2 droid equipped with a fire box that burns wood chips.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2023
Such furious deconstruction might seem unromantic, a reductionist approach to nature’s grand design.
—Pamela Weintraub, Discover Magazine, 1 July 2012
As the director is wont to do, the film's anniversary is being commemorated with a spiffy restoration—as well as a deeply unromantic feature on buoyancy and hypothermia?—that will run in theaters on Valentine’s Day weekend.
—Jessie Heyman, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2022
So forgive this unromantic suggestion in the wake of the San Francisco 49ers securing the NFC West championship Thursday night in Seattle: Their defense deserves the love.
—Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Dec. 2022
The novel offers an unromantic yet empathetic close-up of a writer forced to face what his self-absorption had inflicted on his household.
—Lyndall Gordon, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022
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
Despite the title, neuroscientist Ellard is decidedly unromantic about deconstructing both natural and human-made environments into components that trigger specific cognitive responses.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 26 Aug. 2015
Enter the ungainly, decidedly unromantic Alto-Shaam, a single-compartment unit, which looks an R2-D2 droid equipped with a fire box that burns wood chips.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2023
Such furious deconstruction might seem unromantic, a reductionist approach to nature’s grand design.
—Pamela Weintraub, Discover Magazine, 1 July 2012
As the director is wont to do, the film's anniversary is being commemorated with a spiffy restoration—as well as a deeply unromantic feature on buoyancy and hypothermia?—that will run in theaters on Valentine’s Day weekend.
—Jessie Heyman, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2022
So forgive this unromantic suggestion in the wake of the San Francisco 49ers securing the NFC West championship Thursday night in Seattle: Their defense deserves the love.
—Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Dec. 2022
The novel offers an unromantic yet empathetic close-up of a writer forced to face what his self-absorption had inflicted on his household.
—Lyndall Gordon, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022
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“Unromantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unromantic. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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