British Dictionary definitions for unimpressed

unimpressed

adjective

not having a favourable opinionunimpressed by his arguments

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Examples from the Web for unimpressed

Contemporary Examples

My mom stands there, unimpressed by my attempt at persuasion.
Growing Up with Bart Simpson
Alex Suskind
August 31, 2014
He was unimpressed, taking occasion to publicly rebuke Magomed Bilalov for ramping up costs and missing deadlines.
Putin's Criminal Olympics
Michael Weiss
January 27, 2014
God in Baba Metziah, unimpressed by His own miracles, and ceding authority to the winner of rabbinic debate?
In A Very Deep Way: Remembering Rabbi David Hartman
Bernard Avishai
February 21, 2013
The Wallenda—along with pretty much everyone else at the time—was unimpressed.
Newsweek’s Watergate Legacy
Jim Doyle
December 29, 2012
Unimpressed, Tagore announced, “The New Japan is only an imitation of the West.”
‘From the Ruins of Empire’ by Pankaj Mishra: Review
Jacob Silverman
September 12, 2012

Historical Examples

"This is the smoking-room," said Eric, conscientiously firm and unimpressed.
The Education of Eric Lane
Stephen McKenna
But if I was puzzled and disconcerted, I was not unimpressed.
The Moon and Sixpence
W. Somerset Maugham
Nadia studied the foundry for a moment, interested, but unimpressed.
Spacehounds of IPC
Edward Elmer Smith
Pinto's words slipped glibly from his tongue, but Phillopolis was unimpressed.
Jack O' Judgment
Edgar Wallace
"I expect it was your funny nose that did the trick," said Hamilton unimpressed.
Bones
Edgar Wallace

Word Origin and History for unimpressed

adj.

1861, "not awed," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of impress. Used earlier in a sense of "not subjected to restraint" (1743). Unimpressive is recorded from 1796.

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