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
To be in a room with sixty bereaved families is a solemn experience, but the C.E.O.s seemed largely unmoved.
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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
Globally, there is a political echelon that is completely untouched and unmoved.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2023
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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
Globally, there is a political echelon that is completely untouched and unmoved.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmoved
Adjective
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The evening is expected to be calm and mild with a low of 57.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2025
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Even the galaxy’s central supermassive black hole, which is more than 2,000 times more massive than the Milky Way’s central black hole, is fairly calm.—
Alan Taylor,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But, some people can feel numb after achieving major goals in life.—
Renée Onque,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2025
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That’s always art’s job, but particularly now, when everyone is sort of numb with their disenfranchisement.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The tone and point of view were lofty, sharp-eyed, seemingly impassive.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Farewell to the impassive, agile grapplers, and to the whiplash pleasure of a badminton rally.—
Maya Singer,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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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The tone of his book is dispassionate, befitting his soft-spoken, considered persona, but its message is clear: By favoring more and more immigration, the modern left betrayed its traditional working-class constituency.—
Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Unmoved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmoved. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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