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

They stood there together in that strange silence, hearing only the unlifelike breathing of the man passing from life.

From Fidelity A Novel by Glaspell, Susan

And the wink was almost as unlifelike and uncanny as the bird.

From The Way of the Wild by Rountree, Harry

The novelist or poet is a difficult person for stage treatment; the pictures of the dramatist in the theatre are curiously unlifelike—as unlifelike as the theatrical managers on the stage.

From Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" by Spence, Edward Fordham