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Recent Examples of unromantic
The system is simple, if unromantic: One partner proposes through the app, and the other is sent a notification.
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Chris Stokel-Walker, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
But engagement is often seen as a highly emotional and symbolic act and asking the recipient to sign a legal document in connection with receiving the ring may feel transactional or unromantic.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
There are some unromantic reasons why fall can smell so intoxicating.
—Lauren Mazzo, SELF, 8 Oct. 2024
Camille Peri’s engrossing A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson recounts in some detail the very unromantic odyssey that led Fanny to her meeting with Louis.
—Phyllis Rose, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2024
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Chris Stokel-Walker, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
But engagement is often seen as a highly emotional and symbolic act and asking the recipient to sign a legal document in connection with receiving the ring may feel transactional or unromantic.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
There are some unromantic reasons why fall can smell so intoxicating.
—Lauren Mazzo, SELF, 8 Oct. 2024
Camille Peri’s engrossing A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson recounts in some detail the very unromantic odyssey that led Fanny to her meeting with Louis.
—Phyllis Rose, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unromantic
Adjective
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Overwhelmingly, their responses were unsentimental.—
Hannah Pittard,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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The national mindset is pragmatic, unsentimental, and profit-oriented.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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Determining adjacent products like donuts for coffee and chips for sodas is logical.—
Tamara Bebb,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Cashing paper checks typically requires photo identification and verification, so digital banking—where most financial fraud occurs—seems like a more logical area of concern.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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That was a shameful, cynical act of political cowardice and corruption.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2025
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Home games were a communally happy experience instead of one in which 40,000 people were conditioned to expect the most cynical outcome possible.—
Jerry Beach,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Sir Charlie Mayfield, a stalwart of the UK business community and advisor to Liz Kendall, Work and Pensions Secretary, has recently been quoted in The Times stating that employers have a ‘rational’ fear of hiring disabled staff.—
Nancy Doyle,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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The irony was that Harlem’s numbers queen, a model of rational risk-taking, found herself in a love triangle with a dream-book mystic—then took to the newspapers to denounce Futtam’s obvious impostures.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Leeds United & Burnley A Championship title, 100 points, sensible owners, Elland Road redevelopment plans and seven new signings worth around £75million ($101m) before the end of July.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2025
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So Bull does what any sensible, testicle-loving mutt would do.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Regardless of what the future holds, Roman Anthony has set himself and his family up for life, and the Red Sox have locked in yet another piece of their future at a reasonable rate.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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There’s a reasonable fear, especially considering what happened the last time Cunningham mentioned the trend, that this would only attract additional misogynistic attacks.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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However, both are smart, tough-minded and experienced players who understand their responsibilities and will take care of business on an every-down basis.—
Steve Silverman,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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At times, the Administration seemed to be testing how much destruction Americans would tolerate, if it was packaged as tough-minded business wisdom.—
Evan Osnos,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
Adjective
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And my way of trying to stay sane and fighting back was to stay busy….—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
17 Aug. 2025
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The experiences of the Great Depression and the Great Recession are events that no sane person should want to experience again.—
John C. Goodman,
Forbes.com,
27 July 2025
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“Unromantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unromantic. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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