Meanings
adjectiveunthespian (comparative more unthespian, superlative most unthespian)
comparative more unthespian · superlative most unthespian
- Not thespian.
Watching Dune again on video you can see that some of its defects are clearly Lynch's responsibility, e.g. casting the nerdy and potato-faced Kyle MacLachlan as an epic hero, and the Police's resoundingly unthespian Sting as a psycho villain, […]
1997, David Foster Wallace, “David Lynch keeps his head”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Kindle edition, Little, Brown Book Group
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APA
unthespian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unthespian
MLA
“unthespian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unthespian. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unthespian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unthespian.
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