# nuanced

Pronunciation: say "NYOO-ahnst" US /ˈnju.ɑnst/, UK /ˈnjuː.ɑːnst/, AUS /ˈnjʉː.ɐːnst/

## Adjective

1. Marked by fine shades of difference, with several layers of detail, pattern, or meaning.
   - Simple: Having small, careful differences in detail, pattern, or meaning, not simple or all one way.
   - _The historian offers a nuanced account of the war, refusing to cast either side as simply good or evil._
   - _In the evening light the hills took on a softly nuanced range of blues and grays._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of nuance. — simple past and past participle of nuance
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of nuance. Use it for changing something a little in a careful way, in the past.
   - _The minister later nuanced her remarks, saying the cuts would be gradual rather than immediate._
   - _The study's bold conclusion was nuanced by follow-up research on older patients._

## Origin

Formed from nuance + -ed.

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