Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not capable or worthy of being quoted; unquotable.

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Examples

  • The larger point of Shriver's essay, about the use of quotation marks, is just puerile: "By putting the onus on the reader to determine which lines are spoken and which not, the quoteless fad feeds the widespread conviction that popular fiction is fun while literature is arduous."

    Art and Culture 2010

  • Forget that the "quoteless fad" has been around since at least James Joyce and William Gaddis.

    Art and Culture 2010

  • By putting the onus on the reader to determine which lines are spoken and which not, the quoteless fad feeds the widespread conviction that popular fiction is fun while literature is arduous.

    Where Have All the Quotation Marks in Novels Gone? (Quote of the Day / Lionel Shriver) « One-Minute Book Reviews 2008

  • By putting the onus on the reader to determine which lines are spoken and which not, the quoteless fad feeds the widespread conviction that popular fiction is fun while literature is arduous.

    2008 November 18 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2008

  • By putting the onus on the reader to determine which lines are spoken and which not, the quoteless fad feeds the widespread conviction that popular fiction is fun while literature is arduous.

    Missing the Mark 2008

  • By putting the onus on the reader to determine which lines are spoken and which not, the quoteless fad feeds the widespread conviction that popular fiction is fun while literature is arduous.

    Charlottesville Blogs 2008

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