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Recent Examples of unpoetic
This was an obtuse and unpoetic diktat, a showy way to miss the fact that a song’s history—its use over time, by real people, inspired by the exigencies of ritual and action—can inform its meaning more than its mere lyrics ever could.
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Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
15 July 2022
Atlanta and its suburbs are a surprisingly Whitmanesque experiment in pluralism, in which unpoetic concrete strip malls substitute for lyrical spears of summer grass.
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Sanjena Sathian,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2021
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
15 July 2022
Atlanta and its suburbs are a surprisingly Whitmanesque experiment in pluralism, in which unpoetic concrete strip malls substitute for lyrical spears of summer grass.
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Sanjena Sathian,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpoetic
Adjective
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The result is a genre of prose writing that continues to shock, titillate and entertain.
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His writing there was electrically interesting, combining anecdote, music and cultural criticism, and a distinct prose style that leaped from thought to thought with total trust that the reader would follow.
Adjective
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In 2024 this broad ethic of democracy came into conflict with a more prosaic politic.
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The unique features hide a center touchscreen the way an architect’s home keeps prosaic televisions out of sight.
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“Unpoetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpoetic. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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