unlifelike

American  

[uhn-lahyf-lahyk] / ʌnˈlaɪfˌlaɪk /

adjective

1. not lifelike; similar to a real person or thing, but not convincingly so.

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Other Word Forms

• unlifelikeness noun

Example Sentences

In an odd way, the book’s clichés—exemplars of the unlifelike and unbelievable—feel like a consequence of Maynard’s decision to mine her own life for material.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2016

Possibly because she has less of this beautiful but unlifelike stuff to put across, Helen Westley, as Laurey's crusty old aunt, easily carries off the acting honors.

From Time Magazine Archive

Perhaps it is the place of all others where one gets furthest away from the thought of reality, where one is readiest to wish for the unlifelike and to love the impossible.

From The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama by Filon, Augustin

Before his time the frescoes, like the illuminations in the manuscripts of which we have spoken in a previous chapter, were exceedingly stiff and unlifelike.

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey

Last night, in snowy gown and glove, I saw you watch the play Where each mock hero won his love In the old unlifelike way.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert