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

On intergenerational wealth, Griffin offered a strikingly unsentimental view. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 July 2026

The Problems Do Not Go Away McGee is refreshingly unsentimental about what building a business over a decade actually looks like. — Esha Chhabra, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

Paradoxically, maintaining a consistent edge requires constant, unsentimental internal change—of processes, technology, and people. — Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

And so, hounded by creditors and distressed by mounting debts, the remaining family had to leave their formerly genteel surroundings for the gritty, unsentimental shadows of the Yoshiwara. — Literary Hub, 28 May 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