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  • adjective Not insistent.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ insistent

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Examples

  • Despite the decade-plus since its inception, WALL-E is a film very much of its moment, although in a cheeky, uninsistent way; it has plenty to say, but does so in a light, insouciant manner that allows you to take the message or leave it on the table.

    Pixar's Masterpiece? Wall-E Really IS That Amazing! « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • The long, slow trio looks at first almost underchoreographed; it's uninsistent in the way that only a great work of art can be, by putting across its material with an almost silent fluency.

    A Tragic Person, a Scoundrel and a Genius 1998

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