ˌən-i-ˈmō-sh(ə-)nəl
as in stoic
not feeling or showing emotion
a surprisingly unemotional expression for someone who was just informed that his wife was missing
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The computer’s voice is male, robotic, and, of course, unemotional; its cadence, and the length of pauses, varies based on how Pirnot and Hnath have punctuated the text.
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Michael Paulson, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
By sharing her story in unemotional terms, Spears creates distance between herself and the childish, incapable image of her proliferated by her conservatorship, condemning the forces that paralyzed her between two stages of life.
—TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
In the book, Sly is direct about his bad turns but not particularly sorry, either — and here his much-vaunted dark side shows itself, if only by his matter-of-fact, unemotional descriptions of truly horrifying events.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 17 Oct. 2023
Recruiting the appropriate team to guide you ensures an unemotional and pragmatic approach during an emotional season.
—Jessica Cannella, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
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Michael Paulson, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
By sharing her story in unemotional terms, Spears creates distance between herself and the childish, incapable image of her proliferated by her conservatorship, condemning the forces that paralyzed her between two stages of life.
—TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
In the book, Sly is direct about his bad turns but not particularly sorry, either — and here his much-vaunted dark side shows itself, if only by his matter-of-fact, unemotional descriptions of truly horrifying events.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 17 Oct. 2023
Recruiting the appropriate team to guide you ensures an unemotional and pragmatic approach during an emotional season.
—Jessica Cannella, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
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