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

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

The Squire was an unlifelike story of a case of bigamy, annulled by an unexpected death.

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