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unromantic

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for unromantic.

Editorial note

It is actually the most unromantic thing ever, because it means at the end of the day you marry for economic reasons, not for love.

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Quick take

Not romantic

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of unromantic gathered in one view.

adjective

Not romantic

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for unromantic.

adjective

Not romantic

Example sentences

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It is actually the most unromantic thing ever, because it means at the end of the day you marry for economic reasons, not for love.

2

Now, of course you can say this is a very cold and unromantic way to look at it.

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That isn't something that people get into as a hobby, that's work in a very unromantic sense.

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Watts is himself a biologist, with a refreshingly unromantic perspective on humanity's place in the universe.

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Darwin believed people would reject his theory because it was unsentimental, unromantic, sometimes cruel.

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That was (one part of) the unromantic reality of war in prior centuries.

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Easy to support someone who is taking the unromantic look at entrepreneurship.

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I am not saying I want it outlawed or banned, but like, it is very unromantic.

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He was living in the unromantic rubble of a lost empire.

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Anything we can do to make criminal activity unromantic is a good thing my book.

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On the reverse side they tend to ignore technologies that are either unromantic or make stories more complicated or seem to fight against cliched dramatic opportunities.

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You’re taking a romantic view of something decidedly unromantic.

Quote examples

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My guess is the majority of both man & women will reject such unromantic way to find the "other half".

2

He described how to coat the moon in a reflective layer so that northerners would be released from their dark winters and “lovers would blink in its unromantic glare”.

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The “in love” makes it very unambiguous exactly what kind of love you mean (whereas I can say “I love you” in an unromantic way, to my kids or whatever).

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This was a targeted and unromantic attack, unrelated to investing or cryptocurrency, the original maintainer was not "fattened like a hog" in any way, if anything he was bullied and abused into submission.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use unromantic in a sentence?

It is actually the most unromantic thing ever, because it means at the end of the day you marry for economic reasons, not for love.

What does unromantic mean?

Not romantic

What part of speech is unromantic?

unromantic is commonly used as adjective.