as in withdrawn
having or showing no emotional warmth or interest in others
The CEO was impersonal during the meeting, focusing only on the business at hand.
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Recent Examples of impersonal
In this sense, madness is a bit like the radical-feminist conception of gender itself: a malignant force whose power is intimate yet strangely impersonal.
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Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025
Their termination e-mails were short, impersonal, and, in many cases, dishonest.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
But relying on automation too much can make these interactions feel impersonal.
—Jim Becker, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
This is a step toward rebuilding trust in a system that often feels impersonal and opaque.
—Chris Bowen, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025
Their termination e-mails were short, impersonal, and, in many cases, dishonest.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
But relying on automation too much can make these interactions feel impersonal.
—Jim Becker, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
This is a step toward rebuilding trust in a system that often feels impersonal and opaque.
—Chris Bowen, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for impersonal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impersonal
Adjective
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Its influence on the withdrawn protagonist, Jamie (played by Owen Cooper), is largely implied.—
Paula Mejía,
The Atlantic,
16 Apr. 2025
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The withdrawn San Francisco drama, about lonely nonbinary nanny and restaurant server Cass (Asia Kate Dillon), is simple in its presentation, but disguises numerous layers to its story.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Out back, there’s a sleek new pool and detached garage, primed for conversion.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
18 Apr. 2025
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The report further indicates that there was one dead rodent in the attached garage, and across the three detached garages, investigators encountered one live rodent, one dead rodent, one nest, and one building with gnaw marks.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Gravitational lensing is the best way to infer the presence of incredibly distant objects and measure their mass.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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But for the church officials and the families at Holy Family Church, the pope was not a distant religious figure in a faraway country, but a daily presence.—
Bilal Shbeir,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Readers acquainted with the mixed lyricism and sarcasm of the Communist Manifesto or Marx’s inflamed journalism on the events of his day may be surprised by the desiccated laying out of concepts and dispassionate tone of Capital.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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The tone of his book is dispassionate, befitting his soft-spoken, considered persona, but its message is clear: By favoring more and more immigration, the modern left betrayed its traditional working-class constituency.—
Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Finn Azaz’s clinical early goal, plus news filtering through of Coventry and Bristol City falling behind, was enough to stir a murmur of hope among the travelling support.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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In this week's issue, NEJM spotlights the effects of the climate crisis on clinical health with a series of case studies.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Their historic win came inside Allegiant Stadium on WrestleMania Saturday as the duo once again staked their claim as the top tag team in professional wrestling.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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Invest in and Retain Quality Educators Support policies that provide competitive compensation, manageable workloads, and professional respect for teachers and staff to improve retention and recruitment.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But that learning curve can be steep, isolating and — too often — silent.—
Yolanda Wiggins,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2025
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Even more telling, there was virtually no difference in data consumption, battery use, and background activity between the audio room tests and the silent room tests.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Impersonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impersonal. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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