as in withdrawn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
The authors found that users who heavily relied on LLMs submitted essays with 50% fewer pronouns, which was representative of the larger shift toward impersonal language that included fewer anecdotes and references to human experiences.
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Jared Perlo, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
Dry, impersonal, a little robotic to the point of hilarity.
—Kory Stamper, Longreads, 19 Mar. 2026
Elser, who fought the package theft accusation, was caught in an impersonal — and inaccurate — technology dragnet.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2026
Thus, the author of this impersonal, even mechanistic view of history still found a place for the individual actor, if only for the greatest of them.
—Alfred McCoy, Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
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Jared Perlo, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
Dry, impersonal, a little robotic to the point of hilarity.
—Kory Stamper, Longreads, 19 Mar. 2026
Elser, who fought the package theft accusation, was caught in an impersonal — and inaccurate — technology dragnet.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2026
Thus, the author of this impersonal, even mechanistic view of history still found a place for the individual actor, if only for the greatest of them.
—Alfred McCoy, Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for impersonal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impersonal
Adjective
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Parents report that many children stop eating, lose weight and become withdrawn.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
6 Feb. 2026
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Along the way, Babilonia matured from the shy withdrawn child who refused to hold a boy’s hand into a bold, strong and confident woman.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The title may be clinical and detached; the image on its cover is anything but.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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The fire also damaged two neighboring houses and a detached garage.—
Robert A. Cronkleton
March 30,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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During the 2020 pandemic in particular, this became an appealing message, giving viewers a place to hang out with optimistic, hopeful TV friends who were delivering comfort from the recent — but now seemingly all-too-distant — past.—
Jennifer Armstrong,
IndieWire,
15 Apr. 2026
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Across Chinese university campuses, students are also checking out books on Iran to learn why the US wanted to go to war with a country that to them seems distant and mysterious.—
Sylvie Zhuang,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Ewert is not a fully dispassionate witness.—
Simon Akam,
Vanity Fair,
2 Apr. 2026
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European maps replaced this symbolic cosmology with the dispassionate diagram of the surveyor, more suited to conquest.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Schwartz also served as an occupational medicine physician and clinical epidemiologist at the Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Founded in 1986 by Joseph Myron Segel, QVC, which is short for Quality Value Convenience, built a following primarily of women aged 50 and older, according to Lawrence Duke, a clinical professor of marketing at the university’s LeBow College of Business.—
Anne D'Innocenzio,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Growing up in the Kansas City area, Mary Gerend would watch her mom dedicate her professional life to helping kids and young mothers as a social worker.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
11 Apr. 2026
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The foundation states that winning teams are paired with professional mentors, supported in refining their budgets and project plans, and made eligible for grants of up to $1,000 to actually carry out their ideas.—
Ethan Stone,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Republican members also remained silent, with the exception of Chairman Charlie Geren of Fort Worth, who called for the vote.—
Jack Fink,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Behind bars, Jeffs ordered his followers to no longer marry or have children and later became increasingly silent, paving the way for Bateman to assert himself as his heir.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Impersonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impersonal. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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