unrhetorical

adjective

Definition of unrhetoricalnext
as in unaffected

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrhetorical
  1. unaffected
  2. direct
  3. matter-of-fact
  4. straightforward
  5. unpretentious
  6. unadorned
  7. simple
  8. plain
Adjective
  • If the exemptions apply solely to income taxes, Social Security and Medicare would remain unaffected.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Schneider Electric's products and services remain unaffected.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of unaffected
Adjective
  • The second measure would require certain health care providers to spend 98% of revenues from the discount prescription drug program on direct patient care.
    Jason Green, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • And that’s put him on a direct collision course with some of the 80,000 scientists, researchers, doctors and other officials who work for the Department of Health and Human Services, especially with President-elect Donald Trump tapping him to head the agency.
    Aleccia Washington, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of direct
Adjective
  • The matter-of-fact email comes as the Trump campaign is publicly projecting confidence, and promoting any polls that show Trump defeating Vice President Harris handily.
    Sophia Cai, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Chimp Crazy, while mostly matter-of-fact in its approach, spends much of its time highlighting Haddix’s many lies and the way her love for Tonka clouds her ability to understand that keeping him in a basement is not what’s best for him.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2024
Definition of matter-of-fact
Adjective
  • While the application is pretty straightforward, sorting out some of the circumstances—this is a facts and circumstances-heavy analysis—may be more complicated.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The rationale for doing so is pretty straightforward.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of straightforward
Adjective
  • Kahane’s manner is, like his music, unpretentious, though shot through with dark humor and whimsy.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The gentle, unpretentious vibe and top-notch service plays well with locals, so be prepared to order in Italian.
    Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of unpretentious
Adjective
  • His Tiny Desk set is similarly unadorned, with little else to take in other than his songs.
    Matthew Ismael Ruiz, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2024
  • The film is both masterfully unadorned and wholly original, steering forward confidently under Khandari’s guidance.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of unadorned
Adjective
  • If peace has always been but a simple voluntary choice, the price of human imperfection has been paid in the coin of perpetual war.
    Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Or that a different definition will make a theory simpler.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of simple
Adjective
  • In many places in Texas, plain tap water is delicious, whether derived from surface, underground or cistern sources.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Stepping through the plain wooden door, visitors see far more than just an old house.
    Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of plain
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