writings which are not considered good or artistic enough to be called literature
subliterature in American English
(ˈsʌbˌlɪtərətʃər, -ˌtʃur, -ˌlɪtrə-)
noun
1.
writing below the standards of literature as an art form
2.
a report or similar material written for immediate use and reproduced in an impermanent form
Derived forms
subliterary
adjective
Word origin
[1950–55; sub- + literature]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Common Market, International Gothic, action painting, point spread, wiretapsub- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin (subject; subtract; subvert; subsidy). On this model, sub- is freely attached to elements of any origin and used with the meaning “under,” “below,”“beneath” (subalpine; substratum), “slightly,” “imperfectly,” “nearly” (subcolumnar; subtropical), “secondary,” “subordinate” (subcommittee; subplot)