unaffecting

adjective

Definition of unaffectingnext
as in unemotional

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  1. unemotional
  2. unimpressive
  3. detached
  4. dispassionate
Adjective
  • Schmidt’s unemotional and seemingly effortless style of play did not sit well with the fans.
    John Perrotto, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Limit your responses to concrete, unemotional facts while maintaining a professional, neutral attitude.
    Veronica Cristino, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of unemotional
Adjective
  • For a team that has always fielded rosters with consequential MLB players, the team’s postseason track record is unimpressive.
    Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Profitability has usually been unimpressive until recently.
    John Dorfman, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of unimpressive
Adjective
  • Stanley received more than 90 reports worldwide over problems relating to the detached lids — 38 of those complaints were tied to burn injuries, with 11 of those requiring medical attention.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
  • This tiny ecosystem is part of a detached unit of Death Valley National Park, protected within the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge since 1984.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of detached
Adjective
  • Writers’ obsessions can illuminate their subjects in ways that more dispassionate approaches can’t.
    Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2024
  • David Hume chimed in, two centuries later, to argue that judgments of right and wrong emanate from emotion and social conditioning, not the dispassionate application of reason.
    Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Definition of dispassionate
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