unpersuaded

adjective

un·​per·​suad·​ed ˌən-pər-ˈswā-dəd How to pronounce unpersuaded (audio)
: not convinced to do or believe something : not persuaded
… indicate that the public views the stock market quite properly as a lottery and is unpersuaded by arguments about its being a mechanism for the allocation of investment …Paul Seabright

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The judge seemed unpersuaded, but did not make a ruling immediately. Katrina Kaufman, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2024 There are questions about whether such groups are effective at drawing unpersuaded voters to the Republican fold. Akayla Gardner, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Jan. 2023 Color me just a teeny bit unpersuaded. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023 Despite efforts by Clapper to explain that the intelligence community had not relied on the dossier to arrive at its assessments of Russia's 2016 election interference – and had not leaked the document to the media – Trump remained unpersuaded and embittered. Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2021 See all Example Sentences for unpersuaded 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1535, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unpersuaded was circa 1535

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“Unpersuaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpersuaded. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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