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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antipoetic
Adjective
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Generally this means books that are prose-light, plot-forward, and propulsive.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026 -
When Mayor Mamdani released his preliminary budget last week, the public got to see what governing with prose looks like.—
Paul Francis,
New York Daily News,
22 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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This was an obtuse and unpoetic diktat, a showy way to miss the fact that a song’s history—its use over time, by real people, inspired by the exigencies of ritual and action—can inform its meaning more than its mere lyrics ever could.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
15 July 2022
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Atlanta and its suburbs are a surprisingly Whitmanesque experiment in pluralism, in which unpoetic concrete strip malls substitute for lyrical spears of summer grass.—
Sanjena Sathian,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2021
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“Antipoetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antipoetic. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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