untheatrical en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English theatrical English untheatrical From un- + theatrical.
Meanings
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Not theatrical; mundane; not staged.
Some people claim that Beckett's plays have grown more and more untheatrical. I believe the opposite is true
1983, Charles R. Lyons, Samuel Beckett, page 13:Mr. Brown’s work is an odd mixture of theatrical and untheatrical — even antitheatrical — elements in other aspects too.
2009 February 12, Alastair Macaulay, “Out of West Africa (via Brooklyn), From the Ground Up”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most untheatrical | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more untheatrical | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |