unmoved

[ uhn-moovd ]

adjective

1. having no emotional response; feeling no pity, sadness, passion, enthusiasm, etc.:

   He came crying for help, but his family was unmoved—they were worn down from years of helping him to no avail.

2. unchanged, especially in value or degree; remaining the same, as one’s intentions or principles:

   Get ready for another day of unmoved barometric pressure.

   After two weeks of stalled negotiations, both sides remain unmoved.

3. having not been physically changed from one position or place to another; having been left alone:

   Does the number of upholstered pieces for the new house include the unmoved furniture?

unmoved

/ ʌnˈmuːvd /

adjective

1. not affected emotionally
2. unchanged

   share price remained unmoved

Word History and Origins

Origin of unmoved¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; un- ¹( def ) + moved ( def )

Example Sentences

McConnell was unmoved, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

From Washington Post

My phone sat there, unmoved, only buzzing to tell me I was running late for a drop-off, and that it was docking my payments.

From MIT Technology Review

Then-Mayor Kevin Faulconer was unmoved and City Council members who were otherwise sympathetic said it was too late to make any big changes.

From Voice of San Diego

In the lobby of the apartment building, they appear riveted but unmoved in the face of the violence.

From Vox

Unmoved by these political concerns, the families in the Diamir Valley braced for a future without mountaineering.

From The Daily Beast

Criminal judge Daniela Barbosa Assumpção de Souza was unmoved.

From The Daily Beast

Many of the voters who attended the groups echoed a similar sentiment: that they were unmoved by personal attacks on Obama.

From The Daily Beast

Yet he was unmoved by the obvious limitations that stood in his way.

From The Daily Beast

But obstructionists are unmoved by the standard Keynesian arguments that experienced policy economists take for granted.

From The Daily Beast

Mrs. Highcamp remained, as usual, unmoved, with her indifferent stare and uplifted eyebrows.

From Project Gutenberg

Unmoved by their cries, she looked calmly and compassionately upon the populace, without gesture or reply.

From Project Gutenberg

It is curious to reflect that these unmoved faces belong to people who would die to defend their liberty of conscience.

From Project Gutenberg

He swallowed hard, and there was a mist before his eyes—eyes that had looked unmoved on many a scene of carnage.

From Project Gutenberg

Under this passion of tears, lamentations, and maledictions Don Juan remains unmoved; he has done what he has wished.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• adamant
• steadfast
• unaffected
• untouched