UNROMANTIC Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

unromantic

adjective

Definition of unromantic

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

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Adjective

This autobiography of Graves’ youth remains one of the greatest accounts of the war; unsentimental, often comic, but unflinching in its portrayal of battle and of postwar trauma.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Yet Gabriele is notably unsentimental about the prestige attached to any particular stockist.

— Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of unsentimental

Adjective

Despite those strong results, AMD plunged 8% in premarket trading — a sign that investors were left unimpressed by the slight top and bottom-line beat.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026
Without data, your marketing partner is measuring in a vacuum and only providing you with metrics of their marketing efforts, rather than measuring those efforts against bottom-line results.

— Samantha Scott, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of bottom-line

Adjective

The classical compute needed to interpret the error data—called the syndrome—of a logical qubit is substantial.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026
Then Saturday, a deluge of rain in the afternoon forced Mayor James Dodge to make the logical but still tough, call to cancel the second day of 23rd running of the Taste of Orland Park.

— Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of logical

Adjective

In this cynical age, our local registrars of voters, usually one from each party, remain respected public officials.

— Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026
The novel follows Lila Dixon, an acerbic, cynical baseball scout living a dreary and closed-off life in her 30s.

— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Definition of cynical

Adjective

Her mental health afterward Two forensic psychiatrists testified Monday that Clancy appeared clear-headed and rational in the days after the killings.

— Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Employers must move beyond resilience training, creating transparent, equitable workplaces where effort is rewarded and mistakes are tolerated, ensuring ambition remains a rational choice for diverse talent.

— Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 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

Every one of those simplifications is sensible for a proof of concept.

— Leon Gordon, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The Naturalizer Brie Sandals are a perfect day-to-night pick, thanks to their sensible block heel, strappy leather uppers, and signature contoured footbed.

— Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of sensible

Adjective

The example demonstrates how an owner might maintain an attractive base rate while making a reasonable margin through relevant extras.

— Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
The three-prospect package going to the Tigers seems like a reasonable price for two months of a pitcher who underwent surgery to remove loose bodies in his elbow in May.

— Andy McCullough, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of reasonable

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