They offered no resistance to the Romans, and their suicide was cowardly, unheroic and unwise. War is stupid, insensate, unheroic to the last degree. The critic found the protagonist unheroic in his mission for vengeance. Pessimistic, unheroic stories about greed, lust, and cruelty became central to the mystery genre. His death is portrayed in an unheroic light. The unheroic nature of modern dress was regarded as a serious difficulty. Short in stature and of unheroic appearance, Hare made his stage career in character roles.