antipoetic

adjective

Definition of antipoeticnext
as in prose

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  1. prose
  2. unpoetic
Adjective
  • The Agrarians were a group of prose writers, poets, and critics, among them Allen Tate, John Crowe Ransom, and Robert Penn Warren (whom McCarthy would come to know), largely associated with Vanderbilt University.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Along with empowering her worldview, Smith and White also seemed to shape Gurdon’s prose style.
    — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of prose
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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
  • 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
Definition of unpoetic
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