unpoetic

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Recent Examples of unpoetic 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 For those who thought of the lyric poem as a reprieve from the humming external world, a chance to wrestle with internal contradictions, Rich’s overt politics felt unlovely, even unpoetic. Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpoetic
Adjective
  • Frere-Jones manages to make Hardwick’s sometimes impenetrable prose sound like the coolest hat trick.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
  • Publishing outstanding work in a range of poetic and prose styles from some of today’s most noteworthy luminaries and promising emerging writers, Revel prioritizes work that is sharp, clear, and urgent.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • If sacred means separate, outside of the prosaic flux of things, then this Japanese city is sacred.
    Ed Simon August 18, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The other decisive event was more prosaic: activists from a joint Jewish-Palestinian initiative called Standing Together staged a protest outside the studios of Channels 12 and 13.
    Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025

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“Unpoetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpoetic. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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