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
  • Veteran Ram staffers noted a bigger crowd than usual for an open scrimmage, buoyed by Homecoming weekend and more than mild curiosity.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Plus, the breathable open backs will keep your feet feeling comfortable for those mild, sunny fall days.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Look for products with one or more of those ingredients, and always test first on a small, inconspicuous area to ensure your carpet won’t be damaged or stained.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
  • In the lab, his team is developing better, more flexible, and inconspicuous patches to monitor health metrics—think Band-Aid-like patches embedded with sophisticated sensors that can pick up deeper vibrations from the opening and closing of valves in the heart, for example.
    Alice Park, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • According to the institute statement, which remained ambiguous about the mosquito’s permanence, the insect probably arrived via freight transportation.
    Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Perhaps its message is meant to be deliberately ambiguous—or maybe there’s no message at all.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The stylish tower design is fairly unobtrusive, while the internal antennas ensure every corner of your home can get online.
    Simon Hill, Wired News, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Keeping your centerpieces low and unobtrusive is a dinner party must to allow conversation to flow.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 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
  • Richter was the cook to Slater’s rat for their unremarkable Viennese waltz to a tune from Ratatouille.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Stein’s early fiction was plainly written and unremarkable.
    Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The bartenders move with precision, hands trained, movements unshowy, each action deliberate.
    Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • With her short hair and unshowy clothing, Fan Chunli looks every bit the middle-aged woman from rural China.
    Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 30 July 2025
Adjective
  • Selena Gomez as Mabel Mora Gomez earned an Emmy nomination for her role as Mabel, a guarded and sarcastic millennial who strikes up an unexpected friendship with Charles and Oliver.
    Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • 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 26 Oct. 2025.

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