as in withdrawn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
This gap manifests in various ways, from impersonal notification methods to inadequate communication about the reasoning behind cuts.
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Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
That makes drone warfare seem abstract and impersonal, but the opposite is true.
—Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
The work in that book was surreal and stealthily philosophical—its opening poem was a fifteen-page meditation on the ontology of Popeye the Sailor Man—but impersonal.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Too often, ‘security technology’ is framed as cold, impersonal, or invasive.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
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Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
That makes drone warfare seem abstract and impersonal, but the opposite is true.
—Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
The work in that book was surreal and stealthily philosophical—its opening poem was a fifteen-page meditation on the ontology of Popeye the Sailor Man—but impersonal.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Too often, ‘security technology’ is framed as cold, impersonal, or invasive.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for impersonal
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Set in Taiwan in 1988, Girl revolves around Hsiao-lee, a quiet and withdrawn girl, growing up in silent gloom.—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Unfortunately, further discussions were heated, with no resolve, just more withdrawn behavior while the communications continued.—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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Martell said the tone wasn’t hostile, just detached.—
Will Ripley,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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The detached house was built in 2013 and has a living area of 3,186 square feet.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In another imaging campaign, API, assisted by AMIGO, was able to produce detailed images of a black hole jet, the volcanic surface of Jupiter's moon Io, and stellar winds emanating from a distant variable star.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Although the technology to use helium-3 remains distant, its potential value continues to drive long-term interest in lunar and asteroid resource development.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The book’s accumulation of data, cases, and documentation of censorship, surveillance, and harassment, presented in a clinical and dispassionate tone, paints a damning picture.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Oct. 2025
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Carr, who apparently reacted to Kimmel's suspension last week by sending a GIF of TV characters doing a celebratory dance to a journalist, yesterday described his role at the FCC as that of a dispassionate arbiter.—
Jon Brodkin,
ArsTechnica,
23 Sep. 2025
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Each BioLife location is built to resemble a private resort rather than a clinical setting, reflecting Jones’s belief that environment plays an essential role in healing and consistency.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Neuralink is currently running a clinical program dubbed Prime, which is seeking to enroll patients 22 years old and up, who have quadriplegia and are willing to have a 1,024-electrode chip, about the size of a quarter, implanted for a study expected to last six years.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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That night at Alani’s, though, Maia clocks out of professional mode to slip back into the rhythms of best friendship.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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In the clip, the former professional athlete could be seen wearing a light green matching tank top and mini skirt, which left a small bit of her midriff exposed.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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But New Delhi remained notably silent on the subject of domestic repression.—
MUHIB RAHMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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The room was silent, save for the heavy, mechanized breathing of the huge man in black armor standing to one side of the throne dais.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Impersonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impersonal. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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