unblinking

[uhn-bling-king]

adjective

1. not blinking. blinking.

2. without displaying response, as surprise, confusion, or chagrin.

   an unblinking reaction to the charges.

3. not varying or wavering; fearless; forthright.

   unblinking devotion.

unblinking

/ ʌnˈblɪŋkɪŋ /

adjective

1. without blinking

2. showing no visible response or emotion

3. not wavering through trepidation or fear

Other Word Forms

• unblinkingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of unblinking¹

First recorded in 1905–10; un- ¹ + blinking

Example Sentences

The unblinking eye provides 360 degree coverage from the Arctic to North Africa, and from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic.

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It’s why her unblinking shamelessness is so unnerving.

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About her calm power and that soft, unblinking gaze.

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Blichfeldt films all this with an unblinking eye, satirizing the lengths women go to in order to reach the standards of beauty they feel they must achieve.

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Their works, often infused with the surreal, scrambled concepts of linear time, provided an unblinking examination of the Latin American condition.

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