unemphatic

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Recent Examples of unemphatic The former is quietly involving: unhurried, unemphatic, observant. Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2021 The beat is steady and usually unemphatic; the song circles through three chords again and again. Jon Pareles, New York Times, 6 July 2018 This 1991 feature, the second by Mexican filmmaker Maria Novaro, is leisurely paced and unemphatic but firmly conceived and executed, with a lot of feeling for female solidarity. Patrick Friel, Chicago Reader, 17 Apr. 2018 This line, delivered in his usual uninflected, unemphatic tone, is chilling, something that the villain in a Hitchcock thriller, one of those immaculately amoral gentleman-monsters, might have said. Lili Anolik, Vanities, 14 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unemphatic
Adjective
  • Warm compress: Placing a warm, wet towel on your closed eyes can help alleviate mild to moderate dry eyes.1 Eyelid cleaning: Discuss at-home eyelid cleaning with your healthcare provider.
    Sarah Bence, Health, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Seeing Postecoglou snap at such a mild remark demonstrated how much the Australian’s relationship with the fans has deteriorated.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Just make sure to test the shaving cream on a small, inconspicuous area of the material before applying in larger or more prominent areas.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Dave’s place in the community does not make for a great inconspicuous accomplice, especially as Dave and Nancy’s feelings for each other start to get messy and in the way.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • An unlikely ally to Tanner and Luca as tensions rise, but loyalties remain ambiguous.
    Martine Paris, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • That would be Mark Rylance as Henry’s lord privy seal, Thomas Cromwell, an endlessly fascinating and ambiguous figure—brilliant, scheming, moral—whom Rylance animates with gravity and kaleidoscopic skill.
    Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Finally, here's a budget model from TP-Link that delivers surprisingly great 2K video in a compact and unobtrusive package.
    Karl Klockars, PCMAG, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The sweat-wicking fabric is ideal heading into spring, and the pants even boast spacious yet unobtrusive pockets to hold your phone and other travel essentials.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • People who knew Zhang described him to police as a nonassertive man who avoided conflict and typically acquiesced to his wife.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2021
  • Those who saw an assertive ad chose to allocate $7 of the gift card to the brand on average, compared with $14 for those who saw a nonassertive ad.
    Alina Dizik, WSJ, 16 May 2017
Adjective
  • The robot itself appears pretty unremarkable, just a pair of mechanical arms with pincers.
    Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Gentry Lee is a remarkable man who is also thoroughly unremarkable.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The former six-term congresswoman is a decidedly unshowy politician who wields her power discreetly — a quiet bearing that has been the topic of criticism during this crisis, when many Angelenos appeared to crave louder and more forceful leadership.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Supporting actor Yura Borisov getting traction for his unshowy, reactive performance could be a sign voters may be ready to put a ring on it.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 21 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Jennifer Kale is a witch who is very guarded and needs to learn how to trust people, and keeps getting tested on that over and over again throughout the show.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Our spirits remain guarded, but high, for this one; the Venice Film Festival crowd seemed to eat it up.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024

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“Unemphatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemphatic. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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