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# unimpressed

«unimpressed» in Mova's school dictionary: **not thinking that someone or something is good, special…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (unimpressed; usually after a verb: be/look/seem unimpressed)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Unimpressed means not thinking that someone or something is good, special or clever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unimpressed/#m1)

2) Showing that you are a little annoyed or not pleased, often with a flat look. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unimpressed/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories to show a character's reaction, often funny: a cat, a teacher or a parent looks unimpressed. It tells the reader that someone was not won over. Phrases: «look unimpressed», «be unimpressed by/with», «distinctly unimpressed».

### examples

- The cat looked unimpressed by its new toy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unimpressed/#x1)
- Mum was unimpressed when she saw the muddy carpet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unimpressed/#x2)
- The judges seemed unimpressed with his magic trick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unimpressed/#x3)
- I was unimpressed by the film; it was boring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unimpressed/#x4)
- Grandpa stayed unimpressed by the new phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unimpressed/#x5)
- Our teacher was unimpressed that nobody did the homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unimpressed/#x6)

### note

Opposite: «impressed». Followed by «by» or «with». Usually not before a noun. Milder than «angry» or «disgusted».

### In the corpora

- [Lily just looked unimpressed, and Mr Hughes, right behind him, heard every word.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/390-showing-off/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unimpressed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unimpressed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.