unromantic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   not expressing romantic love or affection; lacking romantic feeling or behavior

   Jack calls Algernon unromantic for treating a marriage proposal as a matter of business.

2. 2
   adj

   not exciting, idealized, or imaginative; ordinary and practical rather than appealing

   The unromantic reality of touring was a schedule of delayed trains and cheap hotels.

Formed from un- + romantic. Romantic entered English through French romantique, from romance, and developed from describing medieval-style stories to evoking imagination, idealized feeling, and passionate love. Unromantic negates both the love-related and idealized senses.

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