unheroic

Industrialisms are all of silent nature; and some of them are heroic and eminently human; others, again, we may call unheroic, not eminently human: _beaverish_ rather, but still honest; some are even _vulpine_, altogether inhuman and dishonest.

Latter-Day Pamphlets Thomas Carlyle 1838

And I'm not saying people cannot enjoy such 'unheroic' stories if they want- heck, whole genres of fiction, from Crime Stories to Horror are just like that.

What Makes a Superhero Comic a Superhero Comic? | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

He scoffs at the "unheroic" conservative belief that domestic problems should be solved either by private means or by narrowly gauged government efforts at the local level -- that is, at the level closest to the people.

A Man on a Mission John C. Hulsman 2007

Soldiers and their families become afraid of admitting they need help, because admitting that would seem "unheroic".

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But soon it dawns on him that he has disregarded his "unheroic," but real, worlds.

A Guy's Moleskine Notebook 2008

Reality TV makes heroic decidedly unheroic values, characters and behavior.

Dr. Jim Taylor: Reality TV Is Not Reality Dr. Jim Taylor 2011

Reality TV makes heroic decidedly unheroic values, characters and behavior.

Dr. Jim Taylor: Reality TV Is Not Reality Dr. Jim Taylor 2011

Reality TV makes heroic decidedly unheroic values, characters and behavior.

Dr. Jim Taylor: Reality TV Is Not Reality Dr. Jim Taylor 2011

But it's not fun finding out how unsaintly and unheroic some of us have been.

Lance Mannion: 2009

But it's not fun finding out how unsaintly and unheroic some of us have been.

Bloggers on the Bus, bloggers in the index 2009