unself-conscious

Definition of unself-consciousnext

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Recent Examples of unself-conscious Funny, unself-conscious, inspired. Natasha Lyonne, Time, 15 Apr. 2026 Her version of the middle-aged matron was a gentle innocent who faced the world with an unself-conscious enthusiasm. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unself-conscious
Adjective
  • The imperturbable New York rapper is back behind the boards for a lean, mean new album with endless quotables and only one guest.
    Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 28 Jan. 2026
  • But the Brits love to check an American’s imperturbable optimism.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Myers nails the realistic teen who is a far cry from the unflappable Nancy Drew, screwing up plenty and often terrified of what she's gotten herself into.
    Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
  • With favorites falling to the wayside all over the undulating greens at Aronimink Golf Club, the ever-unflappable Scheffler sits atop the leaderboard after the opening day’s golf in Philadelphia.
    Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
Adjective
  • Love Island had shifted what had previously been an unshakable self-identification and stumbled into comic profundity.
    Anna Peele, Vulture, 20 May 2026
  • Jackie Young racks up 3s, dimes and steals with an unshakable cool.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 May 2026
Adjective
  • His eagerness to get on the ball, even in his own half, the two nerveless penalties, and the blistering finish for his third goal would all suggest not.
    Cerys Jones, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2026
  • As did the nerveless manner in which the striker — who turns 38 in March — sent goalkeeper Harry Tyrer the wrong way from the spot to clinch another three points.
    Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • She’s been warning us since 1818 that vainglorious innovators will destroy the earth.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Melodramatic and vainglorious, moody and capricious, a fidgety, neurotic hypochondriac, Stalin was a bundle of appalling contradictions.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • But the series’ central character, played by Rachel Weisz, has enough nervous, itchy, manic energy to make the show’s narrative structure feel purposely unstable rather than safely smug.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 May 2026
  • McDaniels, who cut through the Nuggets’ egos early in the series with fearless words and a smug grin, got the last laugh.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 1 May 2026

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“Unself-conscious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unself-conscious. Accessed 24 May. 2026.

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