unmoved
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]unmoved (comparative more unmoved, superlative most unmoved)
- Not physically moved.
- Not affected emotionally, or not showing emotion.
- 1922 April, Paul Rosenfeld, “The Water-Colours of John Marin: A Note on the Work of the First American Painter of the Day”, in John Peale Bishop, editor, Vanity Fair, volume 18, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Vanity Fair Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 48, column 2:
- About John Marin, there move sad, disgruntled beings, full of talk and lamentations. [...] They bewail the fact that in America, soil is poor and unconducive to growth, and men remain unmoved by growing green. But Marin persists, and what ebullience and good humour, in the rocky ungentle loam?
- Not sympathetic; uncaring.
- 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1 – 0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Ukraine, however, will complain long and hard about a contentious second-half incident when Marko Devic's shot clearly crossed the line before it was scrambled away by John Terry, only for the officials to remain unmoved.
- 2023 February 8, Paul Stephen, “Heritage group opposes Liverpool Street revisions”, in RAIL, number 976, page 26:
- Historic England was unmoved by the design changes, insisting that it would "strongly object" when the plans are formally submitted in April.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]not showing emotion
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