as in calm
not feeling pity, sympathy, or admiration for someone or something; not emotionally affected by something
He was unmoved by their pleas.
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Recent Examples of unmoved
Despite that, the large crowd remained unmoved and the booing continued for just over six minutes of Graham's remarks.
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Devyani Chhetri, USA TODAY, 2 July 2023
More profoundly, Americans remain unmoved in their views of Mr. Biden.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2023
Shelton, however, remains unmoved.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2023
But your audience remains unmoved.
—Nathan Ballantyne, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2022
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Devyani Chhetri, USA TODAY, 2 July 2023
More profoundly, Americans remain unmoved in their views of Mr. Biden.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2023
Shelton, however, remains unmoved.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2023
But your audience remains unmoved.
—Nathan Ballantyne, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2022
See all Example Sentences for unmoved
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmoved
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Great need can also reduce an ordinarily calm and reflective hunter to a gibbering imbecile.Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
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On the other end, a scammer impersonates a bank representative with a calm and authoritative tone.Lars Daniel, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Cold restricts blood circulation to numb pain and reduce bruising.Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2024
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Handling and steering were neither numb nor abrupt, and the single foot brake stopped me quickly.Josh Max, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Our first Killarney run combined the fervent greenness of the previous day with the impassive steepness of our earlier outings.Alexandra Kleeman, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
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The first 18-plus of its 22 seasons were led by Mark Harmon as Leroy Jethro Gibbs, the impassive Special Agent in Charge and boss extraordinaire who liked to build boats in his basement in his spare time.Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2024
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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
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Her protagonist, Sadie Smith, is another dispassionate observer, but one who appears to have far more independence and agency than her predecessors.Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Unmoved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmoved. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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