The word "unpersuaded" means that you've heard the argument and found it unconvincing. From Wordnik.com. [In the Monica Lewinsky scandal — 10 years old now — "Everybody lost, with one exception, or possibly two."] Reference
Calling yourself "unpersuaded" by an argument you refuse to even listen to is dishonest. From Wordnik.com. [In the Monica Lewinsky scandal — 10 years old now — "Everybody lost, with one exception, or possibly two."] Reference
'unpersuaded' by the industry's lobbying on the issue. From Wordnik.com. [The game retail industry according to MCV] Reference
"Calling yourself "unpersuaded" by an argument you refuse to even listen to is dishonest. From Wordnik.com. [In the Monica Lewinsky scandal — 10 years old now — "Everybody lost, with one exception, or possibly two."] Reference
I'm unpersuaded by your testimony, I must tell you. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Saturday Morning News: Civil Rights Commission Grills Katherine Harris - January 13, 2001] Reference
Stanford is unpersuaded by these popular explanations. From Wordnik.com. [Books: Giant Leap for Humankind] Reference
Len Myers: I am unpersuaded that Frum is the new Buckley. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Jonathan Rauch on David Frum on the Conservative Movement] Reference
I am unpersuaded that OPR has identified such a standard. From Wordnik.com. [Justice Department Report Accuses Torture Memo Writers Of 'Poor Judgment'] Reference
Others remain unpersuaded, despite the turn in GM ' s fortunes. From Wordnik.com. [Wall Street Payday for a New GM] Reference
You have come to us by a miracle - I can't let you go, unpersuaded!. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman and the angel of the lord]
Arcadians as inclined to the Spartan interest, remained unpersuaded. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans] Reference
This column is generally unpersuaded by Budowsky's and Frum's arguments. From Wordnik.com. [Hello . . . Hello . . . Hello . . .] Reference
And the father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, has been totally unpersuaded by it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Elian Gonzalez Case: Organizers Call for Peaceful Demonstration; Miami Relatives Remain Defiant - April 13, 2000] Reference
He was unpersuaded that the limitation provision did not apply to interest. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
“Unions unpersuaded that Labour will not follow Tories' cuts onslaught”. From Wordnik.com. [Monday Morning Update. Scotland the not-so-brave, Labour, the Party of Cuts, Brown meets Gaddafi, Clegg under attack] Reference
A few thousand heretofore unpersuaded slid mentally onto the side of the convinced. From Wordnik.com. [The Dig]
Marjory suggested goloshes and a waterproof, but Mrs. Forester remained unpersuaded. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
Ben and Beth Bailey sat in the back and clapped politely, but they remained unpersuaded. From Wordnik.com. [Terrance Heath: America's Mountaintop Moment] Reference
You say: "I'm unpersuaded that there's much to be said for keeping a dying man in prison ..". From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
Fox News has a limited audience who are unpersuaded even when they are given the real facts. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » DeMint Appeases Beck On McCain, Threatens To Be His ‘Biggest Opponent’] Reference
They wanted the lights to go out on the idea of answering questions from an unpersuaded press. From Wordnik.com. [Jay Rosen: Scott McClellan And The Opacity Agenda] Reference
The CCC leader has seen the various arguments, but he is on a 'mission', so he is unpersuaded. From Wordnik.com. [HH Com 665] Reference
For those unpersuaded by the goal of equality, ION put a bottom-line case-for investors, that is. From Wordnik.com. [Boards Are From Mars ...] Reference
Secondly, I'm also unpersuaded by the choice James offers between bombing Iran and a nuclear Iran. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
EU policymakers remain unpersuaded about whether they need -- or can afford -- further stimulus spending. From Wordnik.com. [EU Sees Region's Economy Shrinking 4% in 2009] Reference
For otherwise I must have had no dinner, being unpersuaded, even by that, to quit my survey of the valley. From Wordnik.com. [Lorna Doone] Reference
Many Americans remained unpersuaded that his background and experience made him a safe choice as president. From Wordnik.com. [Anxiety Over the Economy] Reference
By all indications, her strategy failed since the target audience - the superdelegates - remained unpersuaded. From Wordnik.com. [Arlene M. Roberts: Anatomy of a Campaign: Mudslinging, Smearing and the Art of O-R] Reference
Theory, or a theory, that can make the unpersuaded, the unknowing, and the uncertain see what you see is required. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Telos Returns to ‘New Class’ Analysis and the Critique of the ‘Wholly-Administered Society”] Reference
Judge Whelan seems to have been unpersuaded by Sanders's defense -- as well as by a personal testimonial from John Kerry. From Wordnik.com. [Reporting for Duty] Reference
"You think we do this by mistake?" wrote in one unpersuaded reader, Sholom Weinberger of Brooklyn, N.Y., via BlackBerry. From Wordnik.com. [Tee Talk Strikes a Chord] Reference
UPDATE 2: I'm actually unpersuaded that replacing Trident is a sensible allocation of already-stretched defence resources. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
"You think we do this by mistake?" wrote in one unpersuaded reader, Sholom Weinberger of Brooklyn, New York, via BlackBerry. From Wordnik.com. [A longing for shorter tees] Reference
In addition, I am unpersuaded by the argument that any organization that gets any governmental benefits is thereby “public.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Enough with the Ridiculous Hyperbole!] Reference
I remain unpersuaded that there's much point to the Chilcot Inquiry and the stramash over Lord Goldsmith's interpretation of the. From Wordnik.com. [Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...] Reference
There was nothing about him being a lawyer, nor being unpersuaded by the case being made for war, nor about his policy advisors. From Wordnik.com. [Obama: My Judgment On Foreign Policy Is Best Of All Candidates] Reference
The department says it was unpersuaded by the teacher's claim that he had been in three time-outs that day for a total of 29 minutes. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 18, 2009] Reference
The justices seemed unpersuaded by Exxon's argument that the special nature of admiralty law precluded punitive damages against Exxon. From Wordnik.com. [Top Court Weighs Exxon Claim] Reference
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