unromantic

This seems to me an admirably succinct account of what might be called the unromantic school of ecocriticism (disencumbered of the notion that literature can and ought to be deployed as a weapon in the battle to stave off our "headlong rush into destruction," that it might "help us tread more lightly on the earth").

The State of Criticism 2008

Men took a verbal thrashing as they were labelled unromantic (57%), thoughtless (35%) and inconsiderate (24%).

Men encouraged to think outside the chocolate box Thatsnews 2008

Men took a verbal thrashing as they were labelled unromantic (57%), thoughtless (35%) and inconsiderate (24%).

Archive 2008-09-01 Thatsnews 2008

Belgium! name unromantic and unpoetic, yet name that whenever uttered has in my ear a sound, in my heart an echo, such as no other assemblage of syllables, however sweet or classic, can produce.

The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte 2006

Kitty, recalling the unromantic appearance of Alexey

Anna Karenina 2003

’ thought Kitty, recalling the unromantic appearance of Alexey Alexandrovitch, her husband.

Chapter XX. Part I 1917

The word "unromantic" in the same sentence should have tipped me off; though there was a recorded instance of its use before 1800, it wasn't yet in currency at the time Cowell was supposedly writing.

"Contested Will" 2010

The word "unromantic" in the same sentence should have tipped me off; though there was a recorded instance of its use before 1800, it wasn't yet in currency at the time Cowell was supposedly writing.

"Contested Will" 2010

The word "unromantic" in the same sentence should have tipped me off; though there was a recorded instance of its use before 1800, it wasn't yet in currency at the time Cowell was supposedly writing.

"Contested Will" 2010

He would fain have kissed the spot that had been pressed by a patch put on by Elsie, but he was "unromantic," and refrained.

The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood 1859