idiomatic
adjective
peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect.
unidiomatic
-
a word derived from
idiomatic.
Example Sentences
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This feast of gorgeous tunes fell prey to a clunky English translation by Edmund Tracey and unidiomatic conducting by Ramón Tebar, making it dull rather than sublime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Even then, it’s oddly disowned and unidiomatic: “Everyone at school is saying that I’m a gay,” Trevor tells us, doubtfully.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
What is fascinating about this score is the Japanese composer's unidiomatic setting of Poe's text, creating mystery through ethereally haunted sounds and strange accent of the poetic lines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2014
In the pit, Conductor Cohn Davis, leading the opera for the first time, delivered a limp, unidiomatic account of the score that reduced its most thrilling moments to polenta.
From Time Magazine Archive
Occasional turgidity of phrase and unidiomatic handling of language do not conceal the simplicity of the process by which Mr. Carlyle pierces through obstruction down to the abstrusest depths.
From Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 2: Carlyle by John Morley
