as in withdrawn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
While large companies often feel distant or impersonal, small businesses can be present, attentive and engaged.
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Chris Harris, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Cognitive shuffling typically involves mentally conjuring up random, impersonal and non-emotionally charged words.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
Instead of an impersonal email drowning in a sea of unread messages, RCS guides customers through a step-by-step process—uploading documents, chatting with an advisor and seeing real-time approval estimates with interactive sliders.
—Jēnna Reese, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Some of your peers start as personal filmmakers and end up making these very impersonal blockbusters.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2025
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Chris Harris, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Cognitive shuffling typically involves mentally conjuring up random, impersonal and non-emotionally charged words.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
Instead of an impersonal email drowning in a sea of unread messages, RCS guides customers through a step-by-step process—uploading documents, chatting with an advisor and seeing real-time approval estimates with interactive sliders.
—Jēnna Reese, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Some of your peers start as personal filmmakers and end up making these very impersonal blockbusters.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for impersonal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impersonal
Adjective
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Its influence on the withdrawn protagonist, Jamie (played by Owen Cooper), is largely implied.—
Paula Mejía,
The Atlantic,
16 Apr. 2025
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The withdrawn San Francisco drama, about lonely nonbinary nanny and restaurant server Cass (Asia Kate Dillon), is simple in its presentation, but disguises numerous layers to its story.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The sale of the detached house in the 2300 block of Fruitdale Ave., San Jose, has been finalized.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
16 May 2025
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Through it all, there’s the metronomic wash of the tides onto the sand, waves lapping the beach, the undulation of the ocean, and the cityscape of Rockaway, with its large apartment buildings and detached houses, in the background.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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Dan, who secured 20.89% in the first round, was a distant second.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
19 May 2025
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Its Dragonfly mission will launch in July 2028 atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket and reach the distant moon in 2034.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
Adjective
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Thus, a dispassionate discussion is needed on what net zero means for oil and gas.—
Simi Thambi,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Readers acquainted with the mixed lyricism and sarcasm of the Communist Manifesto or Marx’s inflamed journalism on the events of his day may be surprised by the desiccated laying out of concepts and dispassionate tone of Capital.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Fewer than 40% of respondents reported regular use of AI tools across their clinical workflows.—
Tor Constantino,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Recruiting and retaining a skilled clinical workforce has never been more competitive.—
Dr. Denis Lafreniere,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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Readers should not rely solely on the content of this article and are encouraged to seek professional advice tailored to their specific circumstances.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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His focus is on professional wrestling, sports, and entertainment.—
Jeremy Hanna,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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Their work resists gentrification's silent displacement and instead champions intentional design, historical reverence, and generational empowerment.—
Stephanie Tharpe,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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There were silent Sunday night dinners at restaurants and essentially no contact with any extended relatives.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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“Impersonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impersonal. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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