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nonplussed

[non-pluhst] / nɒnˈplʌst /








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The unflappable Lincoln might have been a little nonplussed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

For now, investors appear nonplussed about potential disruptions to regional supply flows.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

"This is how I'd do it if I was DJ," he tells a group of nonplussed staff as dance music strains at his laptop speakers.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

I was further nonplussed by a bizarre incident at a large end-of-summer meet.

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2024

There it was witnessed by a nonplussed Luis Alvarez, whom Compton had brought to Chicago to help him organize the bomb project.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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