Not Impressed Emoji
Copy the not impressed face — 😒 or text faces like (￣^￣) and ¬_¬.
Copy the not impressed face
Show that you are not impressed with a flat stare. Copy the 😒 unamused emoji, or a text face like (￣^￣) or ¬_¬ from the grid below.
Unicode behind the not-impressed family
- 😒 Unamused Face:
U+1F612, part of the original 2010 emoji set (Unicode 6.0) — the graphic emoji version. - ¬_¬ (side-eye ASCII): two
U+00ACNOT SIGN characters around aU+005FLOW LINE — pure Latin-1, the most compatible option here. - ￣^￣ (flat-eyed):
U+FFE3FULLWIDTH MACRON (a CJK compatibility form, not the plain macron ¯ used in the shrug) around aU+005ECIRCUMFLEX ACCENT nose/mouth. - ¬‿¬ (smug side glance): swaps the underscore mouth for
U+203FUNDERTIE, giving a curved, closed-mouth smirk instead of a flat stare.
When the not impressed face fits
- Your boss gives this look after a presentation that overran and under-delivered — polite, but clearly underwhelmed.
- A friend retells a 'wild' story that turns out to be completely ordinary: (￣^￣).
- Someone explains an obvious thing you already knew, slowly. ¬_¬
Not impressed vs side eye vs unamused vs blank stare
- Not impressed (￣^￣): flat and direct — you expected more and didn't get it.
- Side eye (😒): passive and skeptical — you doubt it but won't say so out loud.
- Unamused 😒: the emoji version of the same flat, 'I'm done' energy; the text faces just read as more deadpan.
- Blank stare 😐 / ・_・: genuinely checked-out, with no implied judgment — the closest neighbor but missing the disapproval layer.
- Smug side glance (¬‿¬): adds a knowing smirk on top of the flat look — 'I told you so' rather than plain unimpressed.
Cross-platform notes
- iOS / Android / macOS / Windows: both the 😒 emoji and the ASCII faces render correctly on any device from the last decade.
- Discord & Slack: no markdown conflicts — none of these characters trigger italics or escaping.
- Older or budget devices: the fullwidth macron in (￣^￣) is the one character here that can fall back to a tofu box (□) if the font lacks CJK compatibility glyphs; ¬_¬ never has this problem.
Choosing between the emoji and the text face
All four options on this page communicate roughly the same underwhelmed, skeptical mood, but they aren't fully interchangeable. The graphic 😒 emoji is the fastest to send from any standard emoji picker and reads clearly to anyone regardless of internet-culture familiarity — the safest default for a general audience. The ASCII faces ¬_¬ and (￣^￣) read as more deliberately deadpan and slightly more internet-native in tone, which can land as funnier in the right context but also risks feeling like a stronger statement than a quick emoji tap. ¬‿¬ shifts the meaning further, adding a knowing smirk rather than plain flatness — pick it specifically when you want to signal 'I told you so' rather than simple disapproval.
Not impressed, said out loud vs said in text
Part of why this family works so well in text is that the flat, unamused expression it represents is unusually hard to convey through words alone without sounding either overly dramatic ('I am deeply unimpressed by this development') or flatly rude ('that's dumb'). A quick (￣^￣) or 😒 threads that needle — it registers the reaction clearly without committing to either an essay-length explanation or outright confrontation. This is a large part of why flat, deadpan reaction faces generally (this family, side eye, the blank stare) have become such a fixture of casual digital communication: they fill a specific, common conversational need that plain sentences handle clumsily.
Typing ¬_¬ yourself, instead of copy-pasting
Unlike (￣^￣), which needs its fullwidth macron pasted from somewhere (no standard keyboard layout produces U+FFE3 directly), the plain ¬_¬ face can actually be typed from scratch on most systems, because the not-sign character is a normal Latin-1 symbol with its own keyboard shortcut:
- macOS: Option+L types ¬ directly. Combined with the underscore (Shift+hyphen on most layouts), the whole face ¬_¬ can be typed without ever leaving the keyboard.
- Windows: hold Alt and type 0172 on the numeric keypad to insert ¬ — an older but still-working method carried over from early Windows code-page input.
- Linux (with a Compose key configured): Compose, minus, minus produces ¬ on most Compose-key layouts.
- Mobile keyboards: neither iOS nor Android exposes ¬ on the default layout, so on phones, copy-paste (or a saved text-replacement shortcut, the same trick covered on the how to type the shrug emoji page) remains the fastest route.
- (￣^￣) specifically: because
U+FFE3has no dedicated key on any mainstream layout, copy-paste (or a Japanese IME, where fullwidth punctuation is a normal input category) is the only practical method — there's no keyboard-shortcut shortcut for this one the way there is for ¬_¬.
Why the eyebrow character does most of the emotional work
Compare (￣^￣) to a genuinely neutral kaomoji like (￣_￣) — same fullwidth-macron eyes, same overall shape, but the second one reads as simply blank rather than judgmental. The difference is entirely the mouth character: swapping the flat underscore for a circumflex (^) tilts the implied expression just enough to register as a raised eyebrow rather than a closed mouth, which is what pushes the face from 'neutral' into 'skeptical'. This single-character swap is a common pattern across the whole kaomoji family on this site — the eyes set the baseline mood, and a small change to the mouth or brow character (underscore for flat, circumflex for skeptical, tilde for smug) shifts the emotional register without changing the overall face structure. It's worth noticing next time a kaomoji feels 'off' for the mood you want: often only one character needs to change.
FAQ
What is the not impressed emoji?
The not impressed emoji is the flat, unamused look — the 😒 unamused face (Unicode U+1F612), or text faces like (￣^￣) and ¬_¬. Use it for 'meh', skepticism or 'not impressed'.
Which platform renders (￣^￣) correctly?
The text face (￣^￣) uses the full-width macron (￣), which usually displays fine on modern iOS, Android, macOS, Windows 10/11, Discord and Slack. On very old devices the macron can fall back to a tofu box; if that happens, the plain ¬_¬ face works everywhere because it only uses basic ASCII.
What's the Unicode difference between ¬_¬ and (￣^￣)?
¬_¬ uses two 'not sign' characters (¬, U+00AC) from the Latin-1 Supplement block — universally supported since the earliest Unicode fonts. (￣^￣) uses the full-width macron (￣, U+FFE3), a CJK-compatibility character designed for full-width Japanese text layout, which needs a font with Japanese glyph coverage. That's the entire reason ¬_¬ is the more compatibility-safe of the two, even though they read almost identically.
Is the not impressed emoji the same as the 'blank stare' emoji?
Related but distinct. 😐 Neutral Face (U+1F610) and 😑 Expressionless Face (U+1F611) read as genuinely blank or checked-out — no judgment implied. 😒 Unamused Face carries an extra layer of disapproval or skepticism on top of the flat expression, which is what makes it 'not impressed' rather than just 'blank'.
Which not impressed face is safe to send to someone I don't know well?
None of them are truly neutral — all four carry at least a mild edge of judgment or disapproval, so they're best kept for people who already know your sense of humor. With a new contact or client, spell out the reaction in words instead, or use the plainer 😐 neutral face if you need something genuinely non-committal.