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
Still, the Taliban remain unmoved in maintaining their support for the TTP.
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Asfandyar Mir, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
To be in a room with sixty bereaved families is a solemn experience, but the C.E.O.s seemed largely unmoved.
—Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Like the piano that sits in the living room, and the wood paneling that has lined the family room for several years, while everything around us changes, there are certain aspects of ourselves that remain unmoved/unchanged.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2024
Within that culturally conservative world, many remain unmoved.
—Jazmine Ulloa, New York Times, 8 May 2024
See All Example Sentences for unmoved
Asfandyar Mir, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
To be in a room with sixty bereaved families is a solemn experience, but the C.E.O.s seemed largely unmoved.
—Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Like the piano that sits in the living room, and the wood paneling that has lined the family room for several years, while everything around us changes, there are certain aspects of ourselves that remain unmoved/unchanged.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2024
Within that culturally conservative world, many remain unmoved.
—Jazmine Ulloa, New York Times, 8 May 2024
See All Example Sentences for unmoved
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmoved
Adjective
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Three Palestinians in Gaza told Reuters early on Monday afternoon that there had been calm since midday, with no sound of drones or warplanes.—
James Mackenzie,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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In a moment when the joyously plural expressions of being American are funnelled down to a single dominant script, the careful, considered, globally-oriented, calm Leo XIV is unlikely to fulfil the aspirations of MAGA loyalists to a showdown, a culture war or an open conflict.—
Anna Rowlands,
Time,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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Pay no heed to the aches in your body, the growing fear that your numb fingers and toes may never be able to feel sensations again: look up and thank the man with your gaze.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
13 May 2025
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An example is lidocaine, used to numb pain during medical procedures.—
Rebecca Robbins,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But my neighbor, impassive, lethargically tapped his forefinger against his Post.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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The tone and point of view were lofty, sharp-eyed, seemingly impassive.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Thus, a dispassionate discussion is needed on what net zero means for oil and gas.—
Simi Thambi,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Readers acquainted with the mixed lyricism and sarcasm of the Communist Manifesto or Marx’s inflamed journalism on the events of his day may be surprised by the desiccated laying out of concepts and dispassionate tone of Capital.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Unmoved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmoved. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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