as in withdrawn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
Following its release, some critics dinged the record for being too impersonal.
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Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
But for many candidates, the experience feels alienating and impersonal.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
The call was impersonal, irritating, and to Borchardt, quite lazy.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2025
Encounters have become briefer, more impersonal and increasingly commercialized.
—Robert D. Greenberg, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2025
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Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
But for many candidates, the experience feels alienating and impersonal.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
The call was impersonal, irritating, and to Borchardt, quite lazy.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2025
Encounters have become briefer, more impersonal and increasingly commercialized.
—Robert D. Greenberg, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impersonal
Adjective
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Set in Taiwan in 1988, Girl revolves around Hsiao-lee, a quiet and withdrawn girl, growing up in silent gloom.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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Unfortunately, further discussions were heated, with no resolve, just more withdrawn behavior while the communications continued.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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Jorma Taccone, the Lonely Island member and former Saturday Night Live writer, suffered a shattered pelvis and a detached sacrum in a 20-foot fall from a ladder at his farmhouse in Connecticut.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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For leaders wary of appearing cold or detached, the appeal is undeniable.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Wildfire smoke can travel hundreds of miles, clouding skies and choking air quality in distant cities.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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The comet will be too distant for a real close-up look.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Kirkpatrick set out to create a fair, dispassionate tally of Trump’s two terms so far.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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This crisis needs a dispassionate, neutral referee.—
Rachel Marsden,
Hartford Courant,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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At Tomah, the report showed a similar breakdown, with nine shortages among clinical staff and five nonclinical.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Dhall is a professor and the chair of the UAMS Department of Neurology, with extensive clinical and research experience in ALS and other complex neurodegenerative disorders.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Seeking professional guidance early is key so that strategies can be examined and coordinated effectively.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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But more than anything, Thomas was among the rare fans in attendance Sunday who understood exactly what professional athletes feel when they are traded, waived, fired, told they are no longer wanted.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Houston Astros ace Framber Valdez appears destined for free agency as contract talks are reportedly completely silent.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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As foreign dignitaries descend in Beijing this week, the conflicting narratives on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are a reminder that eight decades after Japan's surrender, the guns may be silent, but the battle over the legacy of the war is far from over.—
Jan Camenzind Broomby,
NPR,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Impersonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impersonal. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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