non-romance
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not of or pertaining to romance.
Example Sentences
- "Despite having enjoyed the itchy, squirm-inducing Paul and Helen non-romance, even I finally started scratching during last week's 'politics, sex and moral dilemmas challenge', in which Dean and Elizabeth gently assisted Helen and Brian as they struggled to articulate their thoughts on subjects other than personal grooming for, perhaps, the very first time."
- "The author had, like Bob, become embroiled in a maddening non-romance with a Soho courtesan, Lily Connolly (she had thought it was spelt Conerlly)."
- "Finally, it seems like House is going to back off of Cuddy, and while I’m not holding my breath for that to actually happen, I hope that the epic House/Cuddy non-romance takes a back seat for a while. It’s become too much of a game even for House, and it has stopped feeling genuine and believable."
- "a non-romance novel"
- "The initial going is slow, but if you hang in there with Patricia Gaffney's first non-romance novel, the rewards are bountiful."
- "The suit alleged that ABC features minority contestants in their non-romance reality shows, such as Dancing with the Stars, but that it did not cast people of color in "The Bachelor" because it was afraid interracial romance would create controversy among its audience."