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unawed

American  
[uhn-awd] / ˌʌnˈɔd /

adjective

  1. not awed or impressed; not experiencing awe.


Example Sentences

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In Greece, they were unfazed by a formidable crowd and unawed by admirable opposition.

From BBC

What other body would be likely to feel confidence enough in its own situation, to preserve unawed and uninfluenced the necessary impartiality between an individual accused, and the representatives of the people, his accusers?

From Salon

They pledged to be fiercely independent, “unawed by power and untrammeled by party.”

From New York Times

Supposed minnows proved to be piranhas in Brazil, unawed by their supposedly more illustrious prey.

From Washington Times

For his part, say his friends, Mr Soames is both unawed and unconceited about his grandfather, with whom he dimly recalls playing cowboys and Indians.

From Economist