unenthused

adjective

un·​en·​thused ˌən-in-ˈthüzd 

-en-

also -ˈthyü-

: feeling or showing a lack of enthusiasm : unenthusiastic

… over the course of several meetings, Daughtry comes off as coolly professional, but flat, muted, and unenthused.

—Michael Endelman

The first half of his term featured partisan governance, the second half bipartisan gridlock. The public rejected the former and is equally unenthused about the latter.

—Rich Lowry

Examples of unenthused in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The interview comes shortly after the two women turned some heads on Instagram Stories, with Musgraves posting an old clip of herself looking unenthused while Lambert accepted an award at the 2013 CMAs. —Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 12 Mar. 2026

Kelly Ripa clocked an audience member's unenthused reaction to Mark Consuelos' opinion about walkable cities on Monday morning's Live episode. —EW.com, 7 July 2025

In the early scenes, Lhakpa’s daughters, Sunny and Shiny, seem unenthused to be part of a documentary. —Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 19 July 2024

Many suburban Republicans remain unenthused about a third Trump candidacy, turned off by his legal woes and the chaos of Jan. 6. —Jonathan J. Kasparek, The Conversation, 4 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unenthused

• abused
• accused
• amused
• bemused
• confused
• contused
• defused
• diffused
• disused
• effused
• enthused
• excused