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Meaning of "unlifelike" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNLIFELIKE

unlifelike  [ʌnˈlaɪfˌlaɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNLIFELIKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unlifelike is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNLIFELIKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unlifelike in the English dictionary

The definition of unlifelike in the dictionary is not lifelike; unnatural; unrealistic.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNLIFELIKE


calflike
ˈkɑːfˌlaɪk
clifflike
ˈklɪfˌlaɪk
dwarflike
ˈdwɔːfˌlaɪk
elflike
ˈɛlfˌlaɪk
gulflike
ˈɡʌlfˌlaɪk
hooflike
ˈhuːfˌlaɪk
knifelike
ˈnaɪfˌlaɪk
leaflike
ˈliːfˌlaɪk
lifelike
ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk
rooflike
ˈruːfˌlaɪk
rufflike
ˈrʌfˌlaɪk
serflike
ˈsɜːfˌlaɪk
sheaflike
ˈʃiːfˌlaɪk
surflike
ˈsɜːfˌlaɪk
sylphlike
ˈsɪlfˌlaɪk
turf-like
ˈtɜːfˌlaɪk
unwifelike
ʌnˈwaɪfˌlaɪk
waiflike
ˈweɪfˌlaɪk
wifelike
ˈwaɪfˌlaɪk
wolflike
ˈwʊlfˌlaɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNLIFELIKE

unliberated
unlibidinous
unlicensed
unlicked
unlid
unlidded
unlighted
unlightened
unlightsome
unlikable
unlike
unlikeable
unliked
unlikelihood
unlikeliness
unlikely
unlikeness
unlimber
unlime
unlimited

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNLIFELIKE

apelike
belike
dislike
eyelike
homelike
mouselike
needlelike
platelike
plumelike
princelike
slatelike
sleevelike
smokelike
snakelike
spongelike
tapelike
tilelike
tonguelike
trancelike
treelike
wavelike

Synonyms and antonyms of unlifelike in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unlifelike» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNLIFELIKE

Find out the translation of unlifelike to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unlifelike from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unlifelike» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

unlifelike
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

unlifelike
570 millions of speakers

English

unlifelike
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unlifelike
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

unlifelike
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

unlifelike
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

unlifelike
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

unlifelike
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

unlifelike
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seperti biasa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unlifelike
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

unlifelike
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

unlifelike
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unlifelike
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

unlifelike
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unlifelike
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असंभवनीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

unlifelike
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unlifelike
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

unlifelike
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

unlifelike
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unlifelike
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

unlifelike
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

unlifelike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unlifelike
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unlifelike
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unlifelike

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNLIFELIKE»

The term «unlifelike» is barely ever used and occupies the 194.123 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNLIFELIKE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unlifelike» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unlifelike» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unlifelike

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNLIFELIKE»

Discover the use of unlifelike in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unlifelike and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Liberated Imagination: Thinking Christianly About the Arts
The picture is also unlifelike in its design and composition. Constable has used one of the oldest of all principles of design to place the central focus on the haywain (hay-rack or wagon) in the stream. The principle is called the golden mean ...
Leland Ryken, 2005
2
The Mystery Guest
All you had to do was look around you and wherever you looked you'd find people contorting themselves in unlifelike ways in a mental fog. And couldn't you get the basic idea just by turning on the evening news and peering into the mental ...
Grégoire Bouillier, 2007
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal
If the characters are occasionally stiff and unlifelike, it is for the same reason which would have made them stiff and unlifelike in a story of 1850. As we are not writing a general treatise, but simply commenting on certain faults of practice, it may ...
Sydney Smith, Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey, Macvey Napier, 1850
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The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal
If the characters are occasionally stiff and unlifelike, it is for the same reason which would have made them stiff and unlifelike in a story of 1850. As we are not writing a general treatise, but simply commenting on certain faults of practice, it may ...
‎1850
5
Edinburgh Review, Or, Critical Journal
If the, characters are occasionally stiff i and unlifelike, it is for the same reason which would have made them stiff and unlifelike in a story of 1850. As we are not writing a general treatise, but simply commenting on certain faults of practice, ...
‎1850
6
First Films of the Holocaust
The basic flaw of the film short stories it contained was that their plots were farfetched and unlifelike.”18 The notion ofBarnet's plot as “made up” and “ unlifelike” may be seen as implied by the idea of melodrama, since by definition melodrama ...
Jeremy Hicks, 2012
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Encountering the Other(s): Studies in Literature, History, ...
Underlying the duck's definition is an implicit pairing of contraries, lifelike/ unlifelike, a pairing that seeks to clarify the being of the duck in terms of its acts and appearance before a curious audience. Underlying the Turk's definition is precisely ...
Gisela Brinker-Gabler, 1995
8
Interpreting Chekhov
He was aware that he himself was occasionally given to such unlifelike character depiction. He wrote to Suvorin in March 1884 that he was attempting to write a novel and discussed some of the features of this proposed work: Unfaithful wives,  ...
Geoffrey Borny, 2006
9
A Short History Of Psychotherapy: In Theory and Practice
When the Greeks exPlained storms as the actions of anthropomorphic deities, they were using a lifelike model, although it was a noncorresponding one. Unlifelike models are rarer, since we are forced to invent them only when we cannot use ...
Nigel Walker, 2013
10
Culture in Christian Perspective: A Door to Understanding & ...
The picture is also unlifelike in its design and composition. Constable has used one of the oldest of all principles of design to place the central focus on the hay wain (hay-rack or wagon) in the stream. The principle is called the golden mean ...
Leland Ryken, 1986

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNLIFELIKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unlifelike is used in the context of the following news items.
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One-off soccer tourneys make for riveting viewing: Young
Then the accountants step forward for Monday's transfer deadline day, which is really really really massive. That's the one thing entirely unlifelike about soccer ... «Toronto Star, Jan 15»
2
In Lucius II: The Prophecy, You Control An Evil Child With …
... on stairs, and even when the models were NOT losing their eye-lids and had semi-sort of timed mouth flaps, they were still pretty darn plasticy and unlifelike. «Siliconera, Aug 14»
3
A page from Rosemary Sexton's book shows diaries get closest to …
It gives diaries an edge over essays, which are so focused and thus unlifelike. Also over autobiographies, which are stories concocted from the raw materials of ... «rabble.ca, Jul 14»
4
On track in Assam
It was a hulking great cat framed by elephant grass, so still and unlifelike it looked like a painting. But then the cat bared its terrifying teeth in a snarl before ... «The Australian, May 14»
5
You dummy! Mystery man buys 150 dodgy waxworks of famous figures
Thousands of visitors paid £5 each to laugh at the unlifelike models until owners Jane Hayes, 83, and husband Peter, 86, had to close the museum at the end of ... «Express.co.uk, Jan 14»
6
Artwork inspired by Barbie dolls to be exhibited in Leesburg
Cabrera understands the outcry at Barbie's unlifelike proportions, but doesn't let that get in the way of her warm memories. "I loved Barbie," she said. "I liked ... «Orlando Sentinel, Oct 13»
7
Paint Nite combines art lessons and alcohol at bars and restaurants
Levy said that having a few drinks helps customers loosen up, and gets them to stop worrying about how unlifelike their palm trees look. Levy, the artist behind ... «Daily Beast, Aug 13»
8
Human Ear Created With 3D Printer
The new ear improves upon prosthetic ears made by current methods which are not only unlifelike, but often uncomfortable to wear and even painful. Better yet ... «Singularity Hub, Mar 13»
9
Drawn to the Dead
Makeup artist Lanny Brown applies some finishing touches to make actor Matt Ollson look sufficiently unlifelike before a rehearsal of The Zombie Syndrome. «Vancouver Courier, Oct 12»
10
Ernest Hemingway and the sense of an ending
They bring pressure to be coherent, to sum up, which can seem unnatural or unlifelike. What are your favourite closing lines in literature? Tell us at tgam.ca/ ... «Globe and Mail, Jul 12»

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