unblinking

adjective

un·​blink·​ing ˌən-ˈbliŋ-kiŋ 

1

: not blinking

2

: not showing signs of emotion, doubt, or confusion

unblinking frankness

unblinkingly

ˌən-ˈbliŋ-kiŋ-lē 

adverb

Examples of unblinking in a Sentence

The book provides an unblinking view of the causes of the war.

Recent Examples on the Web

Although possessed of more political and celebrity impressions than almost anyone, McKinnon's talents were never as much in verisimilitude as attitude, an unblinking channeling of character and moment that captured an individual as well as any expert impersonator. —Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025

His article on the looming crisis in wireless broadband nevertheless takes an unblinking look at the numbers. —IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2010

The unblinking eye of the camera serves to document exactly what happened during an encounter when human memories sometimes get hazy. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025

To state that Lucky is the newly single dad to a child with Down syndrome seems both apt and somehow overstates what is handled with an unblinking, quiet care. —Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for unblinking

• freethinking
• rethinking
• unthinking
• blinking
• clinking
• drinking
• inking
• kinking
• linking
• shrinking
• sinking
• slinking