unmoved
/ənmˈuvd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not physically moved.
adj
Not affected emotionally, or not showing emotion.
adj
Not sympathetic; uncaring.
Example Sentences
- "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?"
- "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."
- "Historic England was unmoved by the design changes, insisting that it would "strongly object" when the plans are formally submitted in April."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English moved English unmoved From un- + moved.
Inflected Forms
more unmoved (comparative)
most unmoved (superlative)