as in stoic
not feeling or showing emotion
endured an unsatisfying marriage to a seemingly emotionless man
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Recent Examples of emotionless
But Tiffany does bring up Donna’s name, saying she’s been emotionless and hasn’t been trying very hard to form connections.
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Čapek’s initially emotionless robots develop into conscious, thinking beings and then violently revolt against their human creators.
—David M. Ewalt, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
An emotionless Hamlin sat in his car, wiping his face with a towel as Larson celebrated with his team.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Rocha’s face was blank and emotionless after he was given his fate, his standard expression throughout the trial.
—Pj Green
october 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Čapek’s initially emotionless robots develop into conscious, thinking beings and then violently revolt against their human creators.
—David M. Ewalt, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
An emotionless Hamlin sat in his car, wiping his face with a towel as Larson celebrated with his team.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Rocha’s face was blank and emotionless after he was given his fate, his standard expression throughout the trial.
—Pj Green
october 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for emotionless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emotionless
Adjective
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Golden remained stoic, though clearly shaken.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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My sister, who is a doctor and usually the stoic one, wept.—
Amanda Peet,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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While Clark was prone to long, unwieldy answers to questions, Meyer is pretty concise and unemotional in his responses.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Forbes.com,
22 Feb. 2026
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The reason why is that all of their star players behaved like Aztec alumnus Kawhi Leonard: unemotional, robotic freaks who do not care about anything other than basketball.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Emotionless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emotionless. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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