Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Emotionally unaffected.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not moved; not transferred from one place to another. Not changed in purpose or resolution; unshaken; firm.
- Not affected; not having the passions or feelings excited; not touched or impressed; not altered by passion or emotion; calm; apathetic: as, an unmoved heart; an unmoved look.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not moved; fixed; firm; unshaken; calm; apathetic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective not physically
moved - adjective not affected
emotionally , or not showingemotion - adjective not
sympathetic ;uncaring
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being in the original position; not having been moved
- adjective emotionally unmoved
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Examples
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Having once lived up to his heroic ideal, Ciardi was disturbed to find that he could not remain "unmoved" by the possibility of his own death; he hoped that his anxiety was simply a temporary and anomalous response.
Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008
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No one can remain unmoved by the pictures of Port-au-Prince after the earthquake (the situation outside the capital remains unknown, but one can imagine).
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It's not possible to read Paul's New Testament writings and remain unmoved by his open heart, intellectual prowess and staggering bravery.
John Shore: Toward a Christianity of Common Sense John Shore 2010
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It's not possible to read Paul's New Testament writings and remain unmoved by his open heart, intellectual prowess and staggering bravery.
John Shore: Toward a Christianity of Common Sense John Shore 2010
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It's not possible to read Paul's New Testament writings and remain unmoved by his open heart, intellectual prowess and staggering bravery.
John Shore: Toward a Christianity of Common Sense John Shore 2010
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Still, who could remain unmoved by their dignity and strength which is amply demonstrated by their generous and warm-hearted press release (here)?
A Biblical Scourge 2007
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Still, who could remain unmoved by their dignity and strength which is amply demonstrated by their generous and warm-hearted press release (here)?
Archive 2007-09-23 2007
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Now the question is do the people of Kentucky think that this was a stupid and tragic use of power to subverse dissent and vote this bag of waste out of office of will they remain unmoved?
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He knew full well that these emotional Serbs could not hear his name unmoved, while the extraordinary racial difference between himself and every other man in the Assembly must have made a strong appeal to their dramatic instincts.
A Son of the Immortals Louis Tracy 1895
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And his wrinkled, old visage expressed so crabbed a determination to remain unmoved that Mr. Haviland laughed outright in the most tolerant of humours.
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