Definitions
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- adjective Not
affecting .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not arousing affect
Etymologies
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Examples
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(Bias here, I found Citizen Kane to be an emotionally unaffecting film that tried much too hard to be tragic, but oh well).
Kicking The Dog SVGL 2009
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A tale of childhood abuse and brutality, the story's underpowered and unaffecting narrative slowly builds towards an anti-climactic ending fatally undermined by the author's weak characterisation and sloppy writing.
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Gratuitous, maybe, but not an unaffecting performance.
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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Gratuitous, maybe, but not an unaffecting performance.
Pecs and the Man 2008
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This is a tasteful, sometimes elegant, yet ultimately bland and unaffecting exhibition.
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Also, it's important to remember that this is fun, that my work is play, and that if it isn't, I run the risk of becoming the kind of dire hack who churns out unaffecting fiction by the bucketload.
the morning light is hell at the camelot motel matociquala 2007
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Completely unaffecting humans, this new retrovirus soon begins to find its way into certain animal species.
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Simply living in an environment also means things like dead skin cells, animal dander and carpet fibers will float in the air, often in small, unaffecting doses.
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For all of Ferris's desperate struggles, and for all the director's efforts to emulate the remarkable verisimilitude he achieved in "Black Hawk Down," his new film remains abstract and unaffecting.
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For all of Ferris's desperate struggles, and for all the director's efforts to emulate the remarkable verisimilitude he achieved in "Black Hawk Down," his new film remains abstract and unaffecting.
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