UNROMANTIC Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

unromantic

adjective

Definition of unromantic

as in unsentimental

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Recent Examples of unromantic This idea was supposed to be the kind of thing that could convince even the most unromantic skeptics that space exploration was not only spiritually fulfilling, but economically advantageous. — Elena Saavedra Buckley, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for unromantic

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unromantic

Adjective

That’s a shame, because Eleazar gives a layered and unsentimental performance in what should be her breakout role, even as Rock’s film turns out to hide some curious ideas about women.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
Mears died at the age of ninety-one, and the end of his life seems to have been as unsentimental as its beginning.

— Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of unsentimental

Adjective

McKinsey’s 2026 State of AI survey found that only about 6% of companies report a significant bottom-line impact from AI—defined as attributing at least 5% of EBIT to the technology—a figure unchanged from a year earlier.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
Shares rose 2% after the digital payments platform posted third-quarter, bottom-line results that beat estimates.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of bottom-line

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Predicting the costs How cities full of rational, educated, financially prudent people get sucked in, how we’re persuaded to put aside concerns about being stuck with a massive bill and just surrender to the spectacle.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
There is, in the cold, rational, and most-of-all humorless heart of Defoe, intimations of a world to come (which is our own).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 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

Guests who think an occasional bottle of wine flung on the counter has rendered this custom obsolete should note that any sensible hostess will disagree.

— Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
The most sensible corporate response is neither blind automation nor defensive denial.

— Gleb Tsipursky, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of sensible

Adjective

Almost all the controls were electronic buttons, and the dashboard was entirely digital—two ideas that sound reasonable today but were nightmarishly complex in the mid-1970s.

— Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2026
The gap between the goal and the day becomes so wide that quitting feels reasonable.

— JJ Mazzo, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

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