nuanced
pronunciation
How to pronounce nuanced in British English:
UK ['nju:ɑ:nst]
How to pronounce nuanced in American English:
US ['nuɑnst]
Word Origin
- nuanced (adj.)
- 1896, past participle adjective from verb nuance (q.v.). The new co-operative history of English literature which the University of Cambridge is now publishing prints "genre" without italics. And it even permits one contributor--and a contributor who is discussing Shakespeare!--to say that something is delicately "nuanced." Is there now an English verb "to nuance"? It is terrible to think of the bad language the scholars of the venerable English university might have used if "nuanced" had been first discovered in the text of an American author. [Scribner's Magazine," January 1911]
Example
- 1. Raters and investors must employ more nuanced measures of risk .
- 2. The world health organisation has given a more nuanced response .
- 3. But a closer look at hiring provides a more nuanced picture .
- 4. In truth , nuanced eu statements will hardly have been noticed by the protesters .
- 5. By invoking worst-case scenarios , policymakers are only clouding nuanced thinking .