Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not shaken; not agitated. Not moved in resolution; firm; steady.

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  • adjective Not shaken

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  • adjective unshaken in purpose

Etymologies

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un- +‎ shaken

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Examples

  • The Congress of SA Trade Union's (Cosatu) says its support for ANC deputy president Jacob Zuma is "unshaken".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • Lajoie said that Italo Medugno was "unshaken" in cross-examination and his account was backed by two other former students at Pleasant Park Public School.

    Ottawa Sun 2009

  • Lajoie said that Italo Medugno was "unshaken" in cross-examination and his account was backed by two other former students at Pleasant Park Public School.

    Ottawa Sun 2009

  • Lajoie said that Italo Medugno was "unshaken" in cross-examination and his account was backed by two other former students at Pleasant Park Public School.

    Ottawa Sun 2009

  • Corinthian columns have bases, which Doric columns have not, "and notes that the word"'unshaken' implies that the column itself had fallen, but the base remains. "

    The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

  • She told her brethren, “you cannot dance night after night, held in the closest of sensual embraces, with every effort made in the style of dancing to appeal to the worst in you and remain unshaken by it.”

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • Even now, the ideology remains unshaken by events.

    Lesson From Europe (Take 2) Bret Stephens 2011

  • The individual will frequently emerge, not only unshaken, but even more convinced of the truth of his beliefs than ever before.

    The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

  • I have an unshaken reliance on your integrity, and your good wishes to me and your infant family.

    Letter 64 2009

  • This is because it serves as the fixed starting point for liturgical commentary, a kind of frozen caste of mind that is unshaken by any reality.

    The Hidden Politics of Liturgical Commentary 2009

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