nonerotic

adjective

Definition of noneroticnext
as in unerotic

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  1. unerotic
  2. polite
  3. unsexy
  4. proper
Adjective
  • The director Ninja Thyberg’s new film is graphic yet deeply unerotic.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 May 2022
  • Holbein was sensitive but cautiously unerotic in picturing women, who are usually sombre.
    Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
Definition of unerotic
Adjective
  • Then Threads, which has a little bit of an issue of feeling kind of like LinkedIn and being very polite, but then has that benefit of Meta being able to push users from Instagram to Thread.
    Lauren Goode, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The level of outward emotional expression here is simply kept at a level true to figures who may inwardly be reaching their boiling point, but are still held back by self-respect and polite manners.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of polite
Adjective
  • The ideology behind this approach, to the extent that there was one, went by a particularly unsexy name: legalism.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Some of the changes needed to eradicate poverty are small, unsexy bureaucratic adjustments, like local zoning reforms in Lexington and elsewhere.
    Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Definition of unsexy
Adjective
  • Here’s how can Hoosiers help bats at home Installing bat boxes can help provide emergency shelters for bats that might need them when proper roosts are unavailable.
    Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Dec. 2024
  • There are sacrifices that have to be made in this life that lead to a sort of ebbing and flowing that’s integral to the proper running of things, like a stream.
    Daisy Jones, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of proper
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“Nonerotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonerotic. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.

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