unlifelike
Americanadjective
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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
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
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
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
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