untheatrical

English

Etymology

un- +‎ theatrical

Adjective

untheatrical (comparative more untheatrical, superlative most untheatrical)

  1. Not theatrical; mundane; not staged.
    • 1983, Charles R. Lyons, Samuel Beckett, page 13:
      Some people claim that Beckett's plays have grown more and more untheatrical. I believe the opposite is true
    • 2009 February 12, Alastair Macaulay, “Out of West Africa (via Brooklyn), From the Ground Up”, in New York Times‎:
      Mr. Brown’s work is an odd mixture of theatrical and untheatrical — even antitheatrical — elements in other aspects too.
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