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unliterary

unliterary adjective: not associated with literature; especially, not associated with artistic literature.

Adjective

unliterary (not comparable)

  1. Not associated with literature; especially, not associated with artistic literature
    • His writing was simple and unliterary.
    • A high school kid in a decidedly unliterary North Dakota town is nicknamed after a beast from "Beowulf"?2009 January 4, Peter Meehan, “Oh So ’80s”, in New York Times

Origin of unliterary

From un- + literary.

Words formed from unliterary

Questions about unliterary

What does unliterary mean?
Unliterary means not associated with literature; especially, not associated with artistic literature.
What part of speech is unliterary?
Unliterary is an adjective.

Words near unliterary in the dictionary

  1. unlit
  2. unliteral
  3. unliterally
  4. unliteralness
  5. unliterariness
  6. unliterary
  7. unliterate
  8. unlithified
  9. unlitigated
  10. unlitten
  11. unlittered

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