unimpressedness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English impressed English unimpressed Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English unimpressedness From unimpressed + -ness. Attested since the 19th century.
Meanings
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(rare, uncountable) A lack of impression; the state of being unimpressed.
The very reception of impression at all, indeed, denotes the Unlikeness to a previous state of unimpressedness.
1860, Sara Sophia Hennell, Thoughts in aid of faith: