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as in withdrawn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 Clancy’s legal team has cast brief follow-up visits as inherently inadequate and templated documentation as evidence of impersonal care. — Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu, STAT, 1 Sep. 2026 King walked into the room with impersonal frankness and sat on the bed beside me. — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026 Heilmann took the supposedly impersonal unit of modern art, the rectangle, and embodied it. — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026 The transition from farms, the open range, and artisanal workshops to offices and large, impersonal, factories was seen as sapping virility—just as our tiny cubicles and remote workstations are said to do today. — Michael Kimmel, Time, 15 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for impersonal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impersonal
  1. withdrawn
  2. detached
  3. dispassionate
  4. clinical
  5. distant
  6. professional
  7. silent
Adjective
  • In an era of ball-to-feet No 10s and withdrawn strikers, Welbeck stays high up the pitch, runs the channels and occupies defenders.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  • The withdrawn earnings are taxed as ordinary income, the Treasury said.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Definition of withdrawn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
  • On a map, Newfoundland is a vast, asymmetrical island, cloven by bays and inlets, semi-detached to appendages of land deformed by ancient glaciers scraping over it, leaving glacial striations, grooves and gouges on its granite face.
    — Paul Theroux, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
  • As the suffragettes smile and party all around her, Lizzie looks distant and detached.
    — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of detached
Adjective
  • These critiques, while important, carry forward the old model of the therapist as a dispassionate technician.
    — Steven Barrie-Anthony, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Whether fans end up growing frustrated with integrity issues or not, gambling still threatens to morph devoted fandoms into dispassionate audiences.
    — Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of dispassionate
Adjective
  • This endeavor brought together experts in genetics, computer science, pharmacology, and clinical medicine.
    — Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Modern j-beauty pairs those traditional inputs with newer science like exosomes and biomimetic peptides, a combination that appeals to readers who value both heritage and clinical credibility.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of clinical
Adjective
  • The lonely runner conjecture predicts that, at some point, a runner will be maximally distant from all the other runners—the saddest, loneliest phase of the race.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
  • As a child, Henrik Andersen would look out of his window in Jutland, Denmark’s windswept western peninsula, and watch the distant wind turbines turn.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of distant
Adjective
  • Capricorn December 22 – January 19 A professional question may brush against something more personal today.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The agent can also link to Meta ad accounts and professional Instagram and Facebook profiles.
    — Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of professional
Adjective
  • The flag officers stayed almost completely silent as Hegseth spoke about culture war issues mentioned in his book The War on Warriors.
    — Quil Lawrence, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026
  • There are more than 40,000 exhibits, including a digital Sistine Chapel, silent films, archive material and, of course, plenty of Star Wars and Indiana Jones costumes, props and vehicles.
    — Will Barker, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of silent

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“Impersonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impersonal. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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