unromantic
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- adjective
- /ˌʌnroʊˈmæntɪk/
:
poco romántico
- He can be quite unromantic when it comes to planning dates, preferring practical activities over candlelit dinners.
- decidedly unromantic
- so unromantic
- very unromantic
And I don't think that it's very unromantic and it's not true.
- And I don't think that it's very unromantic and it's not true.
- And this was not unromantic for them.
Examples
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Now I well understand how unromantic that sounds.
Academic text (2011) -
Though it may feel unromantic or mistrustful, it's better than risking your health and happiness.
Blog text (2) -
You make me sound so unromantic!
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Something real, cool, and solid lies before you; something unromantic as Monday morning.
Academic text (2004) -
Oh, how utterly unromantic you are.
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These were very pragmatic, unromantic ideas.
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Everyone says that there's no way a man will want to get married with such an unromantic theme.
Blog text (1) -
Meanwhile, Molly, the wife, must act unromantic and unpossessive so that Delia, the single friend, will not feel like a third wheel.
Fiction book (1991) -
Philosophy in the English-speaking world became "analytic," antimetaphysical, unromantic, and highly professional.
Academic text (1996) -
My dear Mr. Setter, bringing the peoples of the world closer together through the universal language of music can hardly be termed useless, dull and unromantic.
Synonyms
Not involving love or attraction between people
Antonyms
How Romantic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unromantic starts with un- meaning 'not' and the rest comes from romantic, from romance meaning 'love story'. So unromantic simply means 'not like a love story', which is why we use it for things that feel plain, practical, or without romantic feeling.