What is the difference between unaffected and nonplussed?
unaffected | nonplussed |
Not affected or changed.
Lacking pretense or affectation; natural.
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Bewildered; unsure how to respond or act.
* 1724 , (Daniel Defoe), :
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* 2000 , Marcia Miller & Martin Lee, Vocabulary, Word of the Day
(proscribed, US, informal) Unfazed, unaffected, or unimpressed.
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As adjectives the difference between unaffected and nonplussed
is that unaffected is not affected or changed while nonplussed is bewildered; unsure how to respond or act.As a noun unaffected
is someone not affected, as by a disease.As a verb nonplussed is
past tense of nonplus.unaffected
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Since I work from home, I was unaffected by the office move.
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- Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike; he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners.
Derived terms
* unaffectedly * unaffectednessSynonyms
* nonaffected (less common)nonplussed
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Note, the honest Quaker was nonplussed , and greatly surprised at that question.
- For the nonce he was rather nonplussed but inasmuch as the duty plainly devolved upon him to take some measures on the subject he pondered suitable ways and means during which Stephen repeatedly yawned.
- "Dad was so nonplussed by the new VCR that he gave up and asked Mom to set it for him ".