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
unsentimentally
adverb
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The lives of the two children in the story, aged fourteen and four, are portrayed as being as fleeting as the fireflies, and the story is an unsentimental and unflinching account with moments of both tenderness and heartlessness.
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Ginny Tapley Takemori
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Manfred may have goofy-looking curly blonde hair, but Mikkelsen portrays him as strong-willed and devoted to his brother, with a dignified stiffness that is both poignant and unsentimental.
—Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
But that’s no reason to discount nor dismiss his unsentimental directorial debut, an authentic and brutal experience illustrating the battles warring inside the head of a troubled guy just released from prison after serving 153 days.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
The timeline is assembled in such a way that emotional touchstones can sometimes feel manipulative, considering how ruthlessly unsentimental Bobo’s narration sounds.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 23 Aug. 2025
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Ginny Tapley Takemori
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Manfred may have goofy-looking curly blonde hair, but Mikkelsen portrays him as strong-willed and devoted to his brother, with a dignified stiffness that is both poignant and unsentimental.
—Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
But that’s no reason to discount nor dismiss his unsentimental directorial debut, an authentic and brutal experience illustrating the battles warring inside the head of a troubled guy just released from prison after serving 153 days.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
The timeline is assembled in such a way that emotional touchstones can sometimes feel manipulative, considering how ruthlessly unsentimental Bobo’s narration sounds.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 23 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unsentimental
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“Unsentimental.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsentimental. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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