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Before each interview, Franklin and Jones make their lunch and, over each one, steadily develop a companionship, preparing their spread in a lovely, unrushed, sometimes silent waltz that becomes more adept with time.
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Longreads, 16 May 2024
Under Sarah Hughes’s unrushed direction, Daphne is a tiptoeing, dreamlike affair, too committed to being disquieting to be described as gentle but consistently soft.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2023
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s six-concert winter festival, the Magic of Schubert, considers the legacy of a melodist both gracious and sublime, all culminating in the unrushed pleasures of Schubert’s hour-long Octet in F Major (Jan. 22-Feb. 10).
—Oussama Zahr, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2022
In Germany, the United Kingdom’s third-biggest export market, Chancellor Angela Merkel has, unsurprisingly, called for an unrushed, reasoned approach.
—Lukas Kaelin, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2016
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Longreads, 16 May 2024
Under Sarah Hughes’s unrushed direction, Daphne is a tiptoeing, dreamlike affair, too committed to being disquieting to be described as gentle but consistently soft.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2023
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s six-concert winter festival, the Magic of Schubert, considers the legacy of a melodist both gracious and sublime, all culminating in the unrushed pleasures of Schubert’s hour-long Octet in F Major (Jan. 22-Feb. 10).
—Oussama Zahr, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2022
In Germany, the United Kingdom’s third-biggest export market, Chancellor Angela Merkel has, unsurprisingly, called for an unrushed, reasoned approach.
—Lukas Kaelin, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrushed
Adjective
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Breakfast here is an unhurried affair, with options ranging from continental classics to Chinese, Arabic and health-focused selections.—
Vicki Power,
TheWeek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Travel, particularly the unhurried kind, is genuinely therapeutic right now.—
Kirah Tabourn,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Her mother, a meticulous apothecary, left a notebook with deliberate mistakes.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
5 Apr. 2026
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Sabotage is the deliberate subversion of a nation’s resources.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Unrushed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrushed. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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