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.

Other Word Forms

• unnuanced adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of nuanced¹

nuanc(e) ( def. ) + -ed ³ ( def. )

Example Sentences

We discovered surprising color relationships, varied edges, nuanced paint application, shifting proportions and dislocations of apparently continuous space—a lot to look at.

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But when it comes to restaurants, the picture is more nuanced.

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The book arrives at a nuanced answer, informed by interviews with coaches and players who competed for or against both men.

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“What’s really neat about Gemini 3 is it can ask a much wider set of questions and more nuanced questions under the hood,” Stein said.

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Zweig-DiMenna’s analysts argue that the valuation picture is more nuanced, however.

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