unstirred

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Thân thiện

The ingredients sat in the bowl unstirred while she buttered the pan.

Definition

Adjective: - Not agitated or mixed by stirring: Refers to a substance, typically a liquid or mixture, that has not been moved or blended using a circular motion with a tool like a spoon. - Not emotionally moved or aroused: Refers to a state of being unaffected, unmoved, or not emotionally stimulated by something.

Usage Examples

• Literal (Not agitated by stirring):
  • Add the eggs to the mixture and leave them unstirred for two minutes.
  • The paint in the can remained unstirred, so the color pigments settled at the bottom.
• Figurative (Not emotionally moved):
  • His impassioned plea left the jury completely unstirred.
  • She remained unstirred by the dramatic news, showing no outward reaction.

Advanced Usage

• "to leave something unstirred": To deliberately not mix something.
  • For this recipe, the chocolate chips should be left unstirred to create pockets of melted chocolate in the baked good.
• Used to describe a state of calm or lack of disturbance, often in a poetic or descriptive context.
  • The lake lay unstirred by any wind, its surface a perfect mirror.

Variants and Related Words

• Stir (verb): To mix or agitate a substance; to provoke or incite a feeling.
• Unstirring (adjective, less common): Not causing movement or emotion.
• Unmoved (adjective): Not affected by emotion; a close synonym for the figurative sense.

Synonyms

• Unmixed: Not blended together.
• Unagitated: Not disturbed or stirred up; calm.
• Untouched: Not handled or affected.
• Unmoved: Not emotionally affected.

Antonyms

• Stirred: Mixed or agitated; emotionally moved.
• Agitated: Disturbed or excited.
• Mixed: Combined by stirring.

Notes on Meaning

The primary and most common meaning is the literal one pertaining to physical substances. The figurative meaning, while correct, is used less frequently and is often context-dependent, typically found in more literary or formal descriptions of emotional states.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. not agitated by stirring
   • the ingredients sat in the bowl unstirred while she buttered the pan