emphatic
adjective
uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
unemphatic
-
a word derived from
emphatic.
Example Sentences
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Snowden said some corporate environments may appeal to people with psychopathic traits as they often need "to be quite unemphatic" and focused on making money.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
But what became infuriating for me, as a child of immigrants myself, was their refusal to understand why so many are unemphatic towards them.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2020
Flanked by Hühnlein and Von Brauchitsch, who were making the salute in the approved straight-armed style, Dick raised his right hand, elbow bent, in a distinctly unemphatic version of the Hitlergrüss.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 29, 2020
The beat is steady and usually unemphatic; the song circles through three chords again and again.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2018
In answer to her unemphatic query Leon said, “It's just a letter.”
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
