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: not agitated or upset : not fussed
How you had to be completely calm and unfussed yet draw out the day by doing masses of different things until the last moment.—
John Le Carré
John Le Carré… very small, unfussed, with no apparent memory … of his intrusion the night before.—V. S. Naipaul
V. S. Naipaul2
: not concerned with small details : not fussy
… evoked in a friendly, unfussed prose whose wit is so discreet that we could easily miss it altogether.—Michael Wood
Michael WoodExamples of unfussed in a Sentence
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The design is sleek, unfussed luxury, but my luggage was far from the same.
—Brandon Schultz, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2024
The unfussed runs, the gentle gliding in and out of that golden falsetto, the patient poise of the verses, and the catharsis of the choruses are a lot like observing a fearless pilot in aerobatics, or a death-defying skate part.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2021
Since the early ’80s, the style has largely gone unfussed with.
—Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 4 May 2021
The Biden administration has been calm, and relatively unfussed by Iran's screaming deadlines and declarations of further nuclear activity.
—Nick Paton Walsh, International Security Editor, CNN, 6 Apr. 2021
In a season where menswear has infiltrated womens' wardrobes more than ever before, her look is instructive: Dessauvages embodies that Gallic capacity to be both impossibly chic and determinedly unfussed.
—Vogue, 23 May 2019
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Brandon Schultz, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2024
The unfussed runs, the gentle gliding in and out of that golden falsetto, the patient poise of the verses, and the catharsis of the choruses are a lot like observing a fearless pilot in aerobatics, or a death-defying skate part.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2021
Since the early ’80s, the style has largely gone unfussed with.
—Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 4 May 2021
The Biden administration has been calm, and relatively unfussed by Iran's screaming deadlines and declarations of further nuclear activity.
—Nick Paton Walsh, International Security Editor, CNN, 6 Apr. 2021
In a season where menswear has infiltrated womens' wardrobes more than ever before, her look is instructive: Dessauvages embodies that Gallic capacity to be both impossibly chic and determinedly unfussed.
—Vogue, 23 May 2019
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“Unfussed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfussed. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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