unfazed
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of unfazed
Explanation
Use the adjective unfazed for someone who's not disturbed or frightened. You might squirm in your seat and cover your eyes during the scary parts of a movie, while your little sister is completely unfazed. If something doesn't faze, or disturb you, you're unfazed. All of your friends might shriek and run away when a giant spider lands on the sofa beside you, but as a budding arachnologist, you remain unfazed. A common misspelling is "unphased," which isn't a real word. Faze and unfazed are American English words thought to derive from the 15th-century Kentish feeze, "frighten."
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Example Sentences
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As to selling their company to an entrepreneur who is younger than their own children, Schmidt and Mahaffy are unfazed.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
“She walked into the visitation room unfazed that she was in prison, greeting the guards by name,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
But newcomers appear unfazed, Lei wrote, naming at least eight EV brands from Chinese automakers that have cropped up over the last two years.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
But like a world-class athlete accustomed to extreme rigor, he seemed unfazed by the expenditure of energy.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
They could be humorous and humble when the moment called for it, but they were unfazed by blowhards and didn’t second-guess the power in their own points of view.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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