unmoved

adjective

Definition of unmovednext
as in calm
not feeling pity, sympathy, or admiration for someone or something; not emotionally affected by something He was unmoved by their pleas.

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Recent Examples of unmoved Sylvie remains comically unmoved. — Julius Taranto, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026 Reigns hit Fatu with a clothesline, who remained unmoved, and then Fatu took Reigns down with a clothesline. — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026 Fallon, Meyers, Stewart and more appear unmoved by any attacks by Trump on their work. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026 Proponents of the peptide movement remain unmoved. — Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unmoved
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmoved
  1. calm
  2. numb
  3. impassive
  4. dispassionate
Adjective
  • The ministry instructed citizens to remain calm and head to the nearest safe space.
    — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
  • My work became not just watching the Zeitgeist within the company but learning how to contain it—reading through messages, distilling the emotional temperature, and crafting executive responses meant to absorb shock and restore calm.
    — Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026
Definition of calm
Adjective
  • Spector is clearly concerned with the pernicious consequences of technology, its ability to numb emotions and steer people into ideological cul-de-sacs.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
  • Relationships often suffer as people withdraw or feel emotionally numb.
    — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 30 June 2026
Definition of numb
Adjective
  • Riles’s face is impassive, focused, as the announcer reads out the winner.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026
  • Unlike the coolly impassive Pop artists, the Who weren’t afraid to get personal, or to let their art echo the anxious, kinky, maladjusted yammering in their own heads.
    — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Definition of impassive
Adjective
  • In the weeks since the show premiered, memes and unauthorized merch capturing Patricia’s dispassionate delivery, heroic shotgun wielding, and jerky dance moves have flooded the internet.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 29 June 2026
  • The historians noted that the plaques are not a dispassionate museum display.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Definition of dispassionate

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