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UNPERTURBED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unperturbed mean?
• UNPERTURBED (adjective)
The adjective UNPERTURBED has 1 sense:
1. free from emotional agitation or nervous tension
Familiarity information: UNPERTURBED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Free from emotional agitation or nervous tension
Synonyms:
unflurried; unflustered; unperturbed; unruffled
Context example:
with contented mind and unruffled spirit
Similar:
composed (serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress)
Context examples
All eyes watched it coming, even Wolf Larsen’s; but he was the only unperturbed man aboard.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
In the study, researchers tagged cells using a transposon, a piece of genetic code that can jump to a random point in DNA when exposed to an enzyme called transposase, to track blood progenitors and adult stem cells during the natural, unperturbed process of blood regeneration.
(Cellular barcoding helps scientists understand the behavior of stem cells, National Institutes of Health)
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