UNIMPRESSIONABLE Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

unimpressionable

adjective

Definition of unimpressionable

as in tricky

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Kyle Ross / Imagn Images First there was Bohm doubling back — a debatable decision, certainly, with a strong center fielder and a ball hit toward one of the trickiest parts of Citizens Bank Park.

— Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
But sometimes, inaccurate coordinates or a drifting boat make the search trickier.

— Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of tricky

Adjective

Here, she’s matured as a well-rounded comedienne who can pull the stops for subtle approaches to laughs, and though the mugging is still evident, it’s only used for propitious moments.

— Hank Grant, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Comey’s nods to Drexler are mostly subtle, drawing from the artist’s color palette of vibrant hues from bright green and orange to cobalt blue and lilac, with an eye toward their high-contrast juxtapositions, a hallmark of Drexler’s paintings.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of subtle

Adjective

Supporters of the administration view this back and forth as a cunning ploy to buy time for the United States to position itself more advantageously for a confrontation.

— Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026
Owen is bamboozled by a cunning opportunist, handcuffed, and robbed in his underwear.

— Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of cunning

Adjective

Greengrass surrounds Garfield with actors who deliver bigger performances, like Jarvis as the brutish but shrewd Tyler, and Bell as the fervent Ball.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
The offseason trade with the Kansas City Royals to acquire Jonathan Bowlan was a shrewd piece of business.

— Matt Gelb, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of shrewd

Adjective

The film itself is just as slippery and multi-layered, down to Lee’s heady admixture of documentary and dramatic aesthetics.

— Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Beyond that simple baseline, the matrix of desire at work in Lee and Oh Jung-mi’s remarkably nuanced script is too slippery to pin down until the movie’s velvet gutpunch of a final scene.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of slippery

Adjective

Over the weekend, his foxy friend Pete Hegseth announced a new policy that requires journalists with Pentagon press credentials to sign a pledge promising not to report information that hasn't been explicitly authorized for release, that includes unclassified information.

— Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Over the weekend, his foxy friend, Pete Hegseth, announced a new policy that requires journalists with Pentagon press credentials to sign a pledge promising not to report information that hasn't been explicitly authorized for release.

— Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025

Definition of foxy

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