unjournalisticadj.
/ˌʌndʒəːnəˈlɪstɪk/, /ˌʌndʒəːnlˈɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌənˌdʒərnlˈɪstɪk/ Not characteristic of or appropriate to journalism or a journalist; not journalistic.
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1857 Age (Melbourne) 8 Sept. 4/4 We must not impute motives: it is unparliamentary, and..unjournalistic.
1883 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 16 Oct. Her language is free and unjournalistic.
1920 Editor & Publisher 18 Sept. 22/3 Propaganda and publicity..are as unbusinesslike as they are unjournalistic.
1957 L. Edel & I. D. Lind in H. James Parisian Sketches p. xi His father..had sent long, unjournalistic letters from Europe..which the paper had published.
2003 Daily Post (N. Wales) (Nexis) 24 Dec. 8 This totally unjournalistic sense of compassion..sometimes courses through my veins.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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