subtextless en · ADJ
Etymology
From subtext + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Devoid of a subtext.
You all keep trying to make Rock Hudson -Doris Day -style romantic comedies with the golden guys and gals of the moment, and the results are sexless, subtextless, bland career-girl-in-search-of-Mr.-Right retreads.
2009 May 3, Manohla Dargis, A. O. Scott, “Memos to Hollywood”, in New York Times: