impersonal

adjective

Definition of impersonalnext
as in withdrawn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 Guests return year on year, generation on generation, making Coral Reef Club the perfect antidote to the detached, impersonal sheen of the modern chain resort. — Jonnie Bayfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026 The company’s statements have felt too guarded and impersonal for such a large outbreak, Nierman said. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 July 2026 Once charming, this trend now reads as impersonal and mass-produced. — Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 12 July 2026 Matching furniture sets can make modern interiors feel flat and impersonal. — The Spruce, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for impersonal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impersonal
  1. withdrawn
  2. detached
  3. distant
  4. dispassionate
  5. clinical
  6. professional
  7. silent
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  • In an era of ball-to-feet No 10s and withdrawn strikers, Welbeck stays high up the pitch, runs the channels and occupies defenders.
    — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 27 July 2026
  • The withdrawn earnings are taxed as ordinary income, the Treasury said.
    — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 11 July 2026
Definition of withdrawn
Adjective
  • Kate Middleton spent most of her early life in a 4-bedroom, semi-detached cottage in Bradfield, Berkshire.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 30 July 2026
  • New homes are less likely to compete on price with existing homes in dense urban markets like New York City, where scarce land means new construction is dominated by condominium projects rather than detached homes.
    — Mike Winters, CNBC, 23 July 2026
Definition of detached
Adjective
  • Before January, nearly three-quarters of Venezuela’s crude exports headed to China, with the United States a distant second.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Until last week, those threats still felt like a distant risk.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of distant
Adjective
  • Writing detaches the message from the messenger, allowing for a more dispassionate spread of information than was possible in oral societies.
    — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • In the weeks since the show premiered, memes and unauthorized merch capturing Patricia’s dispassionate delivery, heroic shotgun wielding, and jerky dance moves have flooded the internet.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 29 June 2026
Definition of dispassionate
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  • The panel endorsed the drugmaker’s request for traditional approval for the vaccine in adults ages 50 to 64 and accelerated approval for adults 65 and older, which requires further trials to prove clinical benefit.
    — Elise Haulund, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Stolzenberg’s lab focuses on pre-clinical research into how the hormones involved with pregnancy and motherhood shape rodents’ brains to develop treatments for peripartum mood disorders.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of clinical
Adjective
  • Venus enters Libra and your 10th House of Career, bringing grace, visibility, and relational intelligence into professional matters.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • So the professional bodybuilder, now 39, started putting some of his savings into popular US tech stocks — names like Google, Apple and Nvidia.
    — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of professional
Adjective
  • Journal, rest, take a silent walk, or name the thought that keeps circling.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • As Variety has noted in an extensive drill-down on the city’s film scene, Recife boasted a vibrant silent cinema movement in the 1920s.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of silent

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“Impersonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impersonal. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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