Unpoetical
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

6 letters

BARREN
Providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"

CANDID
Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"

COMMON
A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"

DIRECT
Put an address on (an envelope)

HOMELY
Plain and unpretentious; "homely truths"; "letters to his son full of homely advice"; "homely fare"

RUSTIC
An unsophisticated country person

SEVERE
Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"

SIMPLE
A person lacking intelligence or common sense

STOLID
Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited; "her impassive remoteness"; "he remained impassive, showing neither interest in nor concern for our plight"- Nordhoff & Hall; "a silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of course"-Virginia Woolf; "her face showed nothing but stolid indifference"

STUFFY
Affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction; "a stuffy feeling in my chest"

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ASCETIC
Someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

AUSTERE
Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"

INSIPID
Lacking interest or significance or impact; "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel"

LITERAL
A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind

MUNDANE
Concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"

NATURAL
(craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake

PROSAIC
Lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"

PROSING

SPARTAN
A resident of Sparta

UNIDEAL

HUMDRUM
The quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety; "he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"; "he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners"; "he hated the sameness of the food the college served"

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UNPOETIC

TIRESOME
So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

ORDINARY
An early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel

HOMESPUN
Of textiles; having a rough surface; "a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns"

INFECUND

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UNADORNED
Not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction

INFERTILE
Incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple"

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EARTHBOUND
Lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"

PEDESTRIAN
Lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"

POETRYLESS

UNAFFECTED
Undergoing no change when acted upon; "entirely unaffected by each other's writings"; "fibers remained apparently unaffected by the treatment"

UNFANCIFUL

UNINSPIRED
Deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"

UNORIGINAL
Not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham

UNPOETICAL

UNROMANTIC
Neither expressive of nor exciting sexual love or romance

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COMMONPLACE
A trite or obvious remark

PLAINSPOKEN
Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"

UNINVENTIVE
Deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"

UNVARNISHED
Not having a coating of stain or varnish

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MATTEROFFACT
A matter that is an actual fact or is demonstrable as a fact

UNIDEALISTIC

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PLAINSPEAKING

UNEMBELLISHED
Lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"

UNIMAGINATIVE
Lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative"

UNIMPASSIONED
Free from emotional appeal; marked by reasonableness; "answered with an unimpassioned defense"; "the unimpassioned intellect"

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SIMPLESPEAKING

UNROMANTICIZED

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STRAIGHTFORWARD
Pointed directly ahead; "a straightforward gaze"