unfazed
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of unfazed
Explanation
Use the adjective unfazed for someone who's not disturbed or frightened. You might squirm in your seat and cover your eyes during the scary parts of a movie, while your little sister is completely unfazed. If something doesn't faze, or disturb you, you're unfazed. All of your friends might shriek and run away when a giant spider lands on the sofa beside you, but as a budding arachnologist, you remain unfazed. A common misspelling is "unphased," which isn't a real word. Faze and unfazed are American English words thought to derive from the 15th-century Kentish feeze, "frighten."
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Example Sentences
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But here Dudamel became more simply an architect of awe, unfazed by Mahlerian uncertainty as he worked his way to an inevitable cosmic grandeur unfazed by uncertainty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
But investors have largely been unfazed by the uptick in attacks over the past week.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
Though the volatility has rattled many everyday investors in South Korea, Min remains unfazed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Yet local vendors, who have long since adapted to unwanted police attention, remain unfazed.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
“It doesn’t have to be for you,” said Wednesday to Czernobog, unfazed.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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