nonpoetic

6.0

Plain, direct language that uses facts not images or feelings

adjective
/nɒnˈpoʊɪtɪk/

: no poético

She wrote a nonpoetic report that focused purely on data without any creative flair.

Examples

The article was straightforward and nonpoetic, aimed at delivering information rather than inspiring beauty.
That structure may not be totalizing (although there is certainly enough of a tradition that presumes that it is), but it is at least determinant to an extent greater than anything associated with nonpoetic discourse.

Academic text (1994)
His speech was filled with technical jargon and was decidedly nonpoetic, lacking any emotional depth.

Synonyms

unpoetic

vsnonpoetic

1 6.1

Not beautiful or creative in a way that moves people

is the same idea but formed with a different negative prefix

unpoetical

vsnonpoetic

7.0

Not showing beauty, imagination, or strong feeling

is the same meaning but uses an alternative adjectival form

unlyrical

vsnonpoetic

7.9

A style in writing or music that feels plain and without emotion

focuses more on general lack of style, feeling, and imagination

Antonyms

poetic

Literature

107 4.5

Having the beauty and strong feeling of poems

How Poetic

lyrical

31 4.9

poetic

Literature

107 4.5

nonpoetic

6.0

plain

208 1.0

Surface Forms

nonpoetic positive

Morphology

nonpoetic = poetic (transparent) = non + poet + ic

The word 'nonpoetic' is transparently derived from 'poetic' with the prefix 'non-', indicating the absence of poetic qualities.

Etymology

The word nonpoetic is made from non- 'not' and poetic, from poet, a person who 'makes poems'. So nonpoetic means plain and factual, without the feeling or images of poetry.