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as in mild
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as in inconspicuous
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Recent Examples of unemphatic
The former is quietly involving: unhurried, unemphatic, observant.
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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
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
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Chipotle and adobo give it a gentle heat and depth, while the green chiles add a mild tang.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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When to Visit Spring and fall are Capitol Reef’s prime travel times, with milder temperatures and less monsoon risk.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
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San Diegans and tourists standing on the corner of Second Avenue and Market Street may spot an inconspicuous plaque on the sidewalk commemorating the Douglas Hotel, a former establishment for Black visitors and entertainment during the first half of the 20th century.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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Under a tent shrouded in shade cloth at the Desert Botanical Garden, a place known for its showy cactus displays and wildflower blooms, sits a curious collection of inconspicuous plants that could be easily overlooked by the untrained eye.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Life is mysterious and ambiguous, and so the film to us, is a beautiful representation of that type of experience that is just not captured very often in movies.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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For over a century, the United States has coercively maintained the base against the wishes of the Cuban government, an arrangement prompting political and legal debates surrounding the territory’s ambiguous sovereignty.—
Miriam Pensack,
The Dial,
30 Sep. 2025
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The fans remained unobtrusive throughout testing, and the chassis remained consistently comfortable (if not cool) to the touch.—
Charles Jefferies,
PC Magazine,
18 Sep. 2025
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For those who change positions frequently, consider an unobtrusive adjustment and/or closure mechanism like slim Velcro, a magnetic closure, or a slide buckle.—
Nicole Kinning,
Wired News,
30 Aug. 2025
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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
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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
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Stein’s early fiction was plainly written and unremarkable.—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Johansson’s direction is serviceable if unremarkable, and one has to wonder why this particular script spoke to her as a directorial debut.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
25 Sep. 2025
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The bartenders move with precision, hands trained, movements unshowy, each action deliberate.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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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
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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
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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 8 Oct. 2025.
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