unimpressed

unimpressed
unimpressed 1861, "not awed," from UN- (Cf. un-) (1) "not" + pp. of IMPRESS (Cf. impress). Used earlier in a sense of "not subjected to restraint" (1743). Unimpressive is recorded from 1796.

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