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

Her rigidly unsentimental mother, however, sees only urban labor and profitably arranged marriage in her future.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 July 2026
On intergenerational wealth, Griffin offered a strikingly unsentimental view.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 July 2026

Definition of unsentimental

Adjective

Shares dipped more than 2% after the airline's second-quarter earnings beat top- and bottom-line estimates.

— Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 10 July 2026
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

Definition of bottom-line

Adjective

Gatewood agrees that Chessy was a logical addition from the Wonderland canon.

— Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
Jeff Hettick, vice president of Agile Mission Systems at GA-ASI, said adapting those capabilities to maritime operations was a logical next step.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 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

In an article for Marie Claire, Rapinoe trotted out several common left-wing talking points aimed at scaring rational-thinking people into believing that keeping males out of women's sports is somehow bad for girls and women.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026
While shocking, the Australian Space Agency said there’s a completely rational, albeit cosmic, explanation.

— Drew Pittock, USA Today, 8 July 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

With the loss of local NBC affiliates, Telemundo, nine regional sports channels, and 32 national channels, Fubo made the sensible but rare decision to lower subscription prices in December.

— Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Roseman’s decision to bring back Goedert and pair him with a draft pick (second-round pick Eli Stowers) and inexpensive free agents was a more sensible solution.

— Zach Berman, New York Times, 16 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

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