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
  • The casualties included six people who were in serious condition and three who were in mild condition, the MDA said.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Spring brings wildflowers and mild weather, while summer entails long days best spent out on the water or hiking trails.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Even if advised by a manufacturer, the marble cleaning solution should still be tested on a small, inconspicuous area before getting started.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That display provides basic info like the time, radio, weather, and speed while managing to remain both inconspicuous and beautiful.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The first three episodes currently streaming on Paramount+ reveal that the Tiva dynamic remains as ambiguous as ever.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The term has become both expansive and ambiguous.
    Lauren Buitta, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • It’s meant to be as small and unobtrusive as possible, while still offering 80% of the capacity of the company’s larger models like the Big+Quiet.
    Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Upgrades such as smart sensors, dimmable settings and pole-free configurations maximize playability while maintaining a clean, unobtrusive visual environment.
    Scott Miller, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 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 brief and unremarkable tenure of France’s prime minister has come crashing to an end.
    Cole Stangler, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Its exterior is unremarkable, tucked into a small shopping center in the southeast corner of Madison Avenue and Fair Oaks Boulevard.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 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
  • 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
  • Especially in your portrayal of Jane, who is very guarded.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 15 June 2024

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“Unemphatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemphatic. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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