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unself-conscious

adjective

Definition of unself-consciousnext
as in imperturbable

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Recent Examples of unself-conscious The health of Welsh has much to do with the fact that it is being transmitted, particularly in north Wales, by parents to children in the ordinary, unself-conscious way one associates with any living vernacular. — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 And the unself-conscious fly-in-amber aristocratic ambience of the hotel came through the tumultuous modernization unscathed. — Air Mail, 27 June 2026 Funny, unself-conscious, inspired. — Natasha Lyonne, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unself-conscious
  1. imperturbable
  2. unflappable
  3. unshakable
  4. nerveless
  5. vainglorious
  6. smug
Adjective
  • The imperturbable New York rapper is back behind the boards for a lean, mean new album with endless quotables and only one guest.
    — Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 28 Jan. 2026
  • But the Brits love to check an American’s imperturbable optimism.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
Definition of imperturbable
Adjective
  • Stewart, the New York Liberty’s 32-year-old star, will be on this roster as the most experienced Olympian — going for her fourth Olympic gold — and as Team USA’s clutch, unflappable foundational player.
    — Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • In the days after 9/11, the fear of what might come next beset famously unflappable Gotham.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of unflappable
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  • An unshakable moat The industrial gas ecosystem is driven by broad secular trends, including the reshoring of manufacturing, advanced semiconductor nodes and carbon capture infrastructure.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The book’s post-apocalyptic setting ennobles its meditations on selfhood and finitude; the narrator’s search for perpetuity is lent an unshakable gravity by her circumstances.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of unshakable
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  • Ismael Saibari — Morocco/Bayern Munich (+1) Marked his first match since leaving PSV for Bayern Munich by sending the Netherlands home with a nerveless penalty to win the shootout.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • As did the nerveless manner in which the striker — who turns 38 in March — sent goalkeeper Harry Tyrer the wrong way from the spot to clinch another three points.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of nerveless
Adjective
  • Claire’s elective death therefore remains a problematic choice for some viewers, an act of vainglorious selfishness from a woman who was never terribly nice to begin with.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2026
  • Melodramatic and vainglorious, moody and capricious, a fidgety, neurotic hypochondriac, Stalin was a bundle of appalling contradictions.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Feb. 2026
Definition of vainglorious
Adjective
  • Similarly, Zo — seen recently as the monster hunter in Na Hong-jin’s delirious sci-fi action epic, Hope — stays for most of the running time just the right side of smug entitlement.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Historian Sandgruber describes how Alois Hitler wrote his 1895 letters in a deeply smug, anti-clerical manner that overestimated his abilities.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026
Definition of smug

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“Unself-conscious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unself-conscious. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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