unlifelike
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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 Augustin Filon
"No, Phyllie," he answered in a queer, unlifelike way.
From Phyllis by Percy D. Johnson
While, compared with later sculpture, they seem somewhat stiff and unlifelike, they harmonize wonderfully with the whole building, and the best of them are full of charm and dignity.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by James Harvey Robinson
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