unromantic

adjective

Definition of unromanticnext
as in unsentimental

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Recent Examples of unromantic 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 The most unromantic, perfect proposal. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unromantic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unromantic
  1. unsentimental
  2. bottom-line
  3. logical
  4. cynical
  5. rational
  6. commonsensical
  7. sensible
  8. reasonable
Adjective
  • The Problems Do Not Go Away McGee is refreshingly unsentimental about what building a business over a decade actually looks like.
    — Esha Chhabra, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Paradoxically, maintaining a consistent edge requires constant, unsentimental internal change—of processes, technology, and people.
    — Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Definition of unsentimental
Adjective
  • The pros expect no let-up in bottom-line growth, and with Comfort Systems paying out just 7% of this year’s earnings estimates, there’s no reason to expect any let-up in the distribution.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • Mitchell said public safety is a bottom-line issue for residents and a reason why people decide to even migrate to Charlotte in the first place.
    — Zaire Breedlove, Charlotte Observer, 19 June 2026
Definition of bottom-line
Adjective
  • And Marte has already experienced professional success in Japan, making a return to NPB a logical next step after his latest setback in North America.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Taking the idea a step further, the authors took 940 problems from three math benchmark datasets and used an LLM to break down their logical structure into a set of premises and a final question.
    — Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2026
Definition of logical
Adjective
  • His willingness to move to Rio de Janeiro upon taking the job endeared him to the cynical public, as did his decision to call up Neymar to his squad to quieten the noise the forward’s potential exclusion would have brought with it.
    — Chris Evans, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • Against the run of play, the Atlas Lions won a free kick near the corner of the box after Luc De Fougerolles was booked for a cynical challenge.
    — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
Definition of cynical
Adjective
  • While shocking, the Australian Space Agency said there’s a completely rational, albeit cosmic, explanation.
    — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • But for now, the decline of reading seems to be ushering in a less rational, analytical, and sophisticated mode of thinking.
    — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Definition of rational
Adjective
  • Some ideas are so commonsensical that government is the last to adopt them.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The film is full of such commonsensical insights about people and their affairs.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
Definition of commonsensical
Adjective
  • That victory led, four years later, to the Coastal Act and creation of the Coastal Commission, whose job was to balance sensible development, habitat protection and conservation, and equitable public access.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
  • Doctors need to know enough to have sensible, guiding conversations with their patients about dosage and consumption, among other things.
    — Peter Grinspoon, STAT, 9 July 2026
Definition of sensible
Adjective
  • Part of what’s at work is a reasonable desire to give a party with more than its share of grizzled congressional veterans a jolt of youthful energy.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • This week prosecutors need only demonstrate that there are reasonable grounds to believe Robinson killed Kirk.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
Definition of reasonable

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“Unromantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unromantic. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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