unmoved

/'ʌn'mu:vd/

Thân thiện

The archaeologist found the ancient vase completely unmoved from its original resting place.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not physically moved or displaced: Describes something that remains in its original position or location.
   • Not emotionally affected or disturbed: Describes a person who remains calm, unaffected, or indifferent in the face of an emotional situation.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The ancient statue was found unmoved after the earthquake. (The statue remained in its original place.)
  • Despite the sad news, she remained unmoved and continued her work. (She was not emotionally affected.)

Advanced Usage

• "To leave someone unmoved": To fail to evoke an emotional response in someone.
  • The politician's passionate speech left the crowd completely unmoved. (The speech did not affect the crowd's emotions.)

Variants and Related Words

• Unmoving (adj): Not moving; motionless.
  • The cat sat unmoving, watching the bird.
• Move (v): The root verb from which "unmoved" is derived, meaning to change position or to affect emotionally.

Synonyms

• Unaffected: Not influenced or changed.
• Unperturbed: Not concerned or worried.
• Impassive: Not feeling or showing emotion.
• Stolid: Calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation.

Antonyms

• Moved: Changed in position or emotionally affected.
• Touched: Emotionally affected.
• Agitated: Feeling or appearing troubled or nervous.

Related Phrases

• Stand unmoved: To remain firm and unchanged in position or opinion.
  • He stood unmoved by their criticisms. (He did not change his stance because of their criticisms.)

Học thuật

Adjective

1. being in the original position; not having been moved
   • the archeologists could date the vase because it was in-situ
   • an in-situ investigator
2. emotionally unmoved
   • always appeared completely unmoved and imperturbable

Từ đồng nghĩa

• in-situ
• unmoved
• unaffected
• untouched