undramaticadj.
/ˌʌndrəˈmatɪk/, U.S. /ˌəndrəˈmædɪk/ 1. Lacking the essential qualities of drama.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [adjective] > quality of words spoken by actor
undramatic1754
1754 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 94 The following Lines..are certainly very inartificial and undramatic.
1805 Ann. Rev. 3 621 As works of literary art, these dialogues are dull and undramatic.
1861 ‘G. Eliot’ in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life (1885) II. 289 These less known undramatic tales of want.
2.
a. Not gifted with or exhibiting dramatic power; not adapted for the production of drama.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [adjective] > qualities of play
unproduceable1704
playable1725
unproduciblea1760
undramatic1769
unplayable1806
unactable1810
actable1825
blue fire1826
undramatical1829
actor-proof1893
nailed-up1894
talky1937
1769 Garrick's Vagary 10 Procuring the Stage's deliverance from the many undramatic Beasts of Lumber.
1821 Ld. Byron Let. 4 Jan. (1978) VIII. 57 Many people think my talent ‘essentially undramatic’.
1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 205 Goethe affirmed, that..Shakespeare was too undramatic for the German theatre.
b. Unable to appreciate drama.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > theatre-going > theatregoer > [adjective] > theatre-loving > loving drama > not
undramatic1836
1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney I. i. 16 English audiences, who are..as undramatic in their notions as Methodists.
3. Not written in the form of drama.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > written or printed text > [adjective] > not written in the form of drama
undramatic1840
1840 L. Hunt in Dram. Wks. Wycherley, etc. (Rtldg.) p. xxxv Congreve's undramatic prose writings are few.
Derivatives
undraˈmatical adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [adjective] > qualities of play
unproduceable1704
playable1725
unproduciblea1760
undramatic1769
unplayable1806
unactable1810
actable1825
blue fire1826
undramatical1829
actor-proof1893
nailed-up1894
talky1937
1829 T. L. Beddoes Let. Feb. in Poems (1851) I. p. lxxx The play is too long,..the second [act] dull and undramatical.
undraˈmatically adv.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [adverb] > not
undramatically1827
1827 H. Taylor Autobiogr. (1885) I. 97 If I were to write another play at this rate, I might die undramatically before the fifth act.
1901 M. Pemberton Pro Patria xx. 223 I told him, undramatically, that I was the man.
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