nuanced

[ noo-ahnst, nyoo-, noo-ahnst, nyoo- ]

adjective

1. expressing or involving subtle distinctions: Life is wonderfully nuanced, textured, complicated, beautiful, and rich.

   Their opinions are always nuanced and informing.

   Life is wonderfully nuanced, textured, complicated, beautiful, and rich.

2. characterized by slight difference or variation in color, tone, flavor, etc.:

   Dawn and dusk imposed softer, darker shades of nuanced, shadowed light.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of nuance ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·nu·anced adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of nuanced¹

nuanc(e) ( def ) + -ed ³( def )

Example Sentences

Milan’s specialty is writing complex, layered stories that blend family, food and history, featuring lovely, nuanced characters.

From Washington Post

One is we’ve dramatically increased the power of these classifiers to understand and, and deal with nuanced information.

From MIT Technology Review

By adding a head of garlic to your roasting tray, you’ll have mellow, nuanced, soft garlic ready to throw in.

From Washington Post

One other pointYou’ll also notice many of the 2018 videos on passage retrieval are around the topic of “Factoid Search,” which is not the same as “open domain answers,” which are longer, less simple to provide answers to, and much more nuanced.

From Search Engine Land

Those who want to stand out, though, know that great opportunity is hidden in the nuanced ways we monitor and manipulate automations.

From Search Engine Land

Sophisticated, nuanced, melodious pop music, that sweeps you away.

From The Daily Beast

The issue of authenticity in American hip-hop is rich and nuanced.

From The Daily Beast

Pakistani security officials offer a more nuanced explanation.

From The Daily Beast

Hip-hop and faith have a long and sometimes conflicted history; but it was often presented in nuanced or subdued ways.

From The Daily Beast

The price reflects its rarity as well, but also the finicky, difficult, and nuanced process of making Champagne.

From The Daily Beast

By gazing at them long, Llian discovered that her dark brown eyes had a perfectly nuanced gamut of expression: they were eloquent.

From Project Gutenberg