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Recent Examples of unliterary The bond between Alice and the spiky, decidedly unliterary Felix might flummox. New York Times, 1 Sep. 2021 Both were born as writers in public libraries—hyper-bright American Jewish urban boys from unliterary backgrounds, encountering the classics on their own, without too much pre-sorting, responding with delight, imitation, amusement, and familiarity. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unliterary
Adjective
  • Twain dared to buck the expectations of critics by using the colloquial dialect and slang of those with little education.
    Kyra Davis Lurie June 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
  • So what follows is the colloquial Q&A, more or less unedited, from my email exchange with that reporter.
    George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Adjective
  • Coaches and deans and ADs weren’t amending their vernacular to avoid offending kids.
    Dawn Staley, New York Times, 20 May 2025
  • Mamet emphasizes the vernacular like a theatrical soothsayer while Zahler visualizes violence to clarify circumstance and character.
    Armond White, National Review, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • The partnership was a crash course for them both: an informal academy with a class roster of two.
    Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
  • Chris Jackson/Getty Images At one stage, the king had hoped for a more informal meeting in Scotland, where the royals spend their summer holiday.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025

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“Unliterary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unliterary. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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