What does unimpressed mean?
Word: Unimpressed
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Unimpressed means not thinking that something is good, clever or special.
Synonyms: unmoved, indifferent
Antonyms: impressed, delighted
How do you spell unimpressed?
Syllables: un - im - pressed
Tricky part: Two prefixes stack up, un and im, before press. Press keeps its double s, and ed adds no extra s.
Watch out for: unimpresed, unempressed, unimpresssed
Memory tip: Peel it like an onion: un, then im, then press, then ed. Press always has two s's, whatever is stuck to it.
Unimpressed in a sentence
Example 1: The judges looked unimpressed by the singer's last song.
Example 2: My big sister was unimpressed when I said I had tidied my room in five minutes.
Example 3: The cat seemed unimpressed by its new toy mouse and went back to sleep.
Fun Fact
Impress comes from the Latin imprimere, to press into. The same idea of pressing gives us print and imprint.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
unimpressed
a) amazed
b) puzzled
c) annoyed
d) tired
Show answer
a) amazed. An amazed person thinks something is wonderful, the reverse of unimpressed.
Word Makeup
Choose the correct prefix to make a new word:
impressed
a) mis
b) in
c) un
d) dis
Show answer
c) un. Only un can sit in front of impressed to make a real word.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our coach looked unimpressed when the team arived late for practice.
a) coach
b) practice
c) arived
d) unimpressed
Show answer
c) arived. Arrived starts with arr, a double r.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
mseisrpnued
a) unimpressed
b) unimpressive
c) impression
d) impressed
Show answer
a) unimpressed. Impressed leaves out the u and n, unimpressive needs an i and a v, and impression has an o.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Raj showed his drawing to his brother, who shrugged, looking unimpressed. What did his brother think of it?
a) it was the best he had seen
b) it was too messy to see
c) it was nothing special
d) it was copied from a book
Show answer
c) it was nothing special
2. What face would an unimpressed person make?
a) a bored, flat look
b) a huge, happy grin
c) a puzzled frown
d) wide eyes and a gasp
Show answer
a) a bored, flat look
