unmoved

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adjective

Not physically moved.

Opposite
UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveunmoved (comparative more unmoved, superlative most unmoved)

comparative more unmoved · superlative most unmoved

  1. Not affected emotionally, or not showing emotion.

    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?

    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

    Synonyms: indifferent, unconcerned, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé, blithe, deaf

  2. Not sympathetic; uncaring.

    Historic England was unmoved by the design changes, insisting that it would "strongly object" when the plans are formally submitted in April.

    2023 February 8, Paul Stephen, “Heritage group opposes Liverpool Street revisions”, in RAIL, number 976, page 26
    1 more example

    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.

    2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1 – 0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport

    Synonyms: hardhearted, unfeeling, brutal, callous, cold, insensate, hardhanded, cold-eyed

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveemotionally unmoved

Opposite

adjectivebeing in the original position; not having been moved

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishmoved
  9. Englishunmoved

From un- + moved.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian безразличен
  • безразличен (bezrazličen)not showing emotion
Māori whakamoroki
  • whakamorokinot showing emotion
Cite this entry
APA

unmoved. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmoved

MLA

“unmoved.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmoved. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unmoved,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmoved.

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