Definitions

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  • adjective Not wowed; unimpressed.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ wowed

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Examples

  • What you mention about agents and editors being on the lookout for good talent is one of the great things about being online, and your point about being unwowed and deserving to be published is great, too.

    The Trouble with Blogging, or: A Writer’s Dilemma 2009

  • His character -- a dead-volt Don Juan -- seemed incapable of carrying on a simple conversation with an old flame without needing a translator to convert his thoughts into uninflected dialogue guaranteed to leave any woman unwowed.

    Skinny Dippers in Dry Dock: James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009

  • Really, if you're stuck on probation and statutorily required to provide updates to a sure-to-be-unwowed opposition, you may as well have some fun with it, right?

    Macleans.ca 2009

  • I often read something and am unwowed, but I rarely if ever read something that didn’t deserve to be published.

    The Trouble with Blogging, or: A Writer’s Dilemma 2009

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