UNROMANTIC Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

unromantic

adjective

Definition of unromantic

as in unsentimental

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Recent Examples of unromantic The logical, unromantic version of their history is that in the 17th century Chincoteague farmers moved their livestock to neighboring Assateague Island to roam freely and avoid fencing their land, as well as skirting various taxation laws. — Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2026 That seemingly unromantic shift towards feeling more like roommates than crushes isn’t inherently bad. — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 8 Apr. 2026 Small-Business Mindset Listening to both Cook and Drew, all of this sounds unromantic in the best possible way. — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2026 Using these unromantic, 50,000-ton auxiliaries to test the new battleship hull-form, mechanical systems or electrical innovations makes sense. — Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 13 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unromantic

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Adjective

The unsentimental roar is, of course, a translation of Chekhov’s saws, and a good one at that.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
The affect of these books—brisk, unsentimental, exacting—serves their diagnosis.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of unsentimental

Adjective

Disputing the very right of California Attorney General Rob Bonta, New York AG Letitia James and others to raise an antitrust stink, the Todd Blanche-run DOJ made its bottom-line POV a top line in paperwork filed Tuesday in federal court.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2026
The company went public in July with top- and bottom-line increases, plenty of room to grow overseas and at home and a strong sustainability message.

— Evan Clark, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of bottom-line

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Swarup’s book exposes the cynical nature of the quiz show, dangling a literal lifeline to desperate people for the sake of entertainment.

— L.M. Chilton, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
Myriad people inside Warner Bros are cynical about the capping of severances and the fact that only a few at the top are bound for a post-merger windfall.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of cynical

Adjective

Founded by two British academics almost two decades ago, Effective Altruism is a philosophical movement whose core idea is that people should try to use rational processes to do the most good for the most people in the world.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026
This is not to impugn the nobility of counting, of the close and careful observation of nature, of the rational, ordered efforts to understand it.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of rational

Adjective

Such commonsensical strategies can turn a proposal that initially seems like opening Pandora’s box into a mechanism for improving the safety of radical conservation interventions.

— Taylor Dotson, Scientific American, 10 July 2026
Some ideas are so commonsensical that government is the last to adopt them.

— Editorial Board, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2026

Definition of commonsensical

Adjective

Whatever a company decides today may not remain sensible six months from now.

— Vinit Sahni, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Oakley has directed a new interpretation of the book, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones as the sensible Elinor Dashwood and Esmé Creed-Miles as her more emotive sister, Marianne.

— Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of sensible

Adjective

No reasonable person looking at her case would have called her a threat to anyone.

— Don Bacon, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2026
Defense lawyer Dameka Davis told the jury prosecutors failed at the first task of a murder trial — to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the victim was dead.

— Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026

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