Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonactorish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: non-ac-tor-ish
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not actorish; natural; genuine.

Example Sentences

"Another good effort, the nonactorish playing of academy troublemakers in The Strange One, is nearly ruined by Gazzara's self-satisfied pantomime and three bit players who use banality to plug up the slapdash generalizing of Willingham's script."
"Jennifer Grey (Joel Grey's daughter) is a little guarded and nonactorish, and that works for her in the part of Baby, who's unformed."
"With hyper pacing and naturalistic (nonactorish) performances, Kids earns its claimed authenticity."

Etymology

From non- + actorish.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Inflected Forms

more nonactorish (comparative) most nonactorish (superlative)

Questions

What does nonactorish mean?: Not actorish; natural; genuine.
Where does nonactorish come from?: From non- + actorish.

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