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Nonplussed

Note the double s.

Nonplussed is widely misused as a synonym for cool or unfazed: Despite his anxiety, he appeared nonplussed. Clearly, the writer meant nonchalant. nonplussed means the opposite: "confused," "thrown off." His strange behavior left her nonplussed.


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