Meanings
adjectivesubtextless (not comparable)
- not comparableDevoid of a subtext.
You all keep trying to make Rock Hudson -Doris Day -style romantic comedies with the golden guys and gals of the moment, and the results are sexless, subtextless, bland career-girl-in-search-of-Mr.-Right retreads.
2009 May 3, Manohla Dargis, A. O. Scott, “Memos to Hollywood”, in New York Times
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subtextless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subtextless
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“subtextless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subtextless. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subtextless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subtextless.
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