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unstory

unstory noun: a story which lacks the expected characteristics found in a normal story.

Noun

unstory (plural unstories)

  1. a story which lacks the expected characteristics found in a normal story
    Synonyms:
    anti-story
  2. a story which is unnoteworthy or unnewsworthy; nonstory
    • This margin between the real and invented is always arbitrary and blurry. But Welty suggests that it will always be here and that the task of literature is to remind us of it. We need the incredible just as we need the opportunities to differentiate between a story and an unstory.2010, Gregory Jusdanis, Fiction Agonistes

Synonyms of unstory

Forms of unstory

pluralunstories

Origin of unstory

From un- + story.

Questions about unstory

What does unstory mean?
Unstory means a story which lacks the expected characteristics found in a normal story.
What part of speech is unstory?
Unstory is a noun.
What is the plural of unstory?
The plural of unstory is unstories.

Words near unstory in the dictionary

  1. unstored
  2. unstoried
  3. unstories
  4. unstormed
  5. unstormy
  6. unstory
  7. unstout
  8. unstoved
  9. unstow
  10. unstowed
  11. unstowing

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