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 →

2) Showing that you are a little annoyed or not pleased, often with a flat look. tree →

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 →
• Mum was unimpressed when she saw the muddy carpet. tree →
• The judges seemed unimpressed with his magic trick. tree →
• I was unimpressed by the film; it was boring. tree →
• Grandpa stayed unimpressed by the new phone. tree →
• Our teacher was unimpressed that nobody did the homework. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unimpressed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.