passionless

adjective

pas·​sion·​less ˈpashənlə̇s 

ˈpaash-, 

ˈpaish-

1

: devoid of passion : empty of feeling

this passionless girl was like an icicle in the sunshine

—Margaret Deland

2

: calm, detached

the same steady impersonal passionless observation of human nature

—T. S. Eliot

passionlessly adverb

passionlessness noun

plural -es

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