unmoved
unmoved adjective: not physically moved.
Adjective
unmoved (comparative more unmoved, superlative most unmoved)
- Not physically moved.
- Synonyms:
- inert, motionless, at rest, dull, impassive, inanimate, lifeless, sedent, sedentary, stationary
- 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...
- Synonyms:
- indifferent, unconcerned, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé, blithe, deaf, cool, shiftless
- Not sympathetic; uncaring.
- 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
- 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
- Synonyms:
- hardhearted, unfeeling, brutal, callous, cold, insensate, hardhanded, cold-eyed, cruel, dour
unmoved meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
unmoved in Tamil
- அசஞ்சலன்
unmoved in Urdu
- unmoved
- ابچل abical
unmoved in Bengali
- unmoved, unshaken
- অটল oṭol
unmoved in Malayalam
- untouched, unaffected, unimpressed
- ഇളകാത്ത, മനസ്സിളകാത്ത, നിർവ്വികാരമായ, അക്ഷോഭ്യമായ, സ്പർശിക്കാത്ത, ഏശാത്ത
- firm, steadfast, unwavering
- ഇളകാത്ത, ദൃഢനിശ്ചയമുള്ള, ഉറച്ചുനിൽക്കുന്ന, അക്ഷോഭ്യ, പതറാത്ത, ഉറച്ചനിലപാടുള്ള
More languagesFewer languages
- unmoved in Kannada
- ಅವಿಚಾಲಿತ
Examples of unmoved in a sentence
- Some of the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved.
- A smudgy heat spread a blanket over the city and laid there, unmoved for weeks.
- The soldiers were unmoved but the policeman immediately placed himself between Jimmy and the entrance.
Synonyms of unmoved
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Forms of unmoved
| comparative | more unmoved |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unmoved |
Origin of unmoved
From un- + moved.
Words formed from unmoved
Phrases with unmoved
Questions about unmoved
- What does unmoved mean?
- Unmoved means not physically moved.
- What is unmoved in Tamil?
- Unmoved in Tamil is அசஞ்சலன். See Unmoved meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is unmoved?
- Unmoved is an adjective.
Words near unmoved in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unmoved (page history and authors); unmoved (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ابچل (Urdu) (page history and authors); অটল (Bengali) (page history and authors); unmoved (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); unmoved (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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