unsentimental

adjective

un·​sen·​ti·​men·​tal ˌən-ˌsen-tə-ˈmen-tᵊl 

: not marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism : not sentimental

an unsentimental person

unsentimental remarks

unsentimentality

ˌən-ˌsen-tə-ˌmen-ˈta-lə-tē 

-mən-

noun

unsentimentally adverb

Examples of unsentimental in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In his experiences and chronicles of the great ideological battles of the twentieth century, Curzio Malaparte was a shape-shifter—pitiless, clinical, cynical, unsentimental, indifferent to morality and idealism. —Leah Downey, The New York Review of Books, 7 Feb. 2026

White’s dialogue is unsentimental but rife with anguish; Owen Teague and a seductive, destructive Abbey Lee give the pain its due. —Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026

So sometimes, exits can be swift and unsentimental. —Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026

Good intentions run into craven expectations, however, and invariably, the types of terrible choices and consequences that, in Soto’s admirably unsentimental narrative style, wouldn’t be out of place in either a silent-era disaster comedy or a darkly tragic indie. —Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1752, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unsentimental

• coincidental
• developmental
• environmental
• experimental
• intersegmental
• nongovernmental
• transcontinental
• accidental
• compartmental
• continental
• detrimental
• elemental