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 affect of these books—brisk, unsentimental, exacting—serves their diagnosis.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
  • As executed, the 2019 show is an emotional yet refreshingly unsentimental black comedy that snickers in the face of empowerment buzzwords like, well, healing journey.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of unsentimental
Adjective
  • Top- and bottom-line beats, including its first quarter of positive earnings-per-share (EPS) growth since 2023.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026
  • That’s how Visa arrived at its $36 trillion bottom-line inheritance figure.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of bottom-line
Adjective
  • When there are multiple logical possibilities for what the next word should be, the model typically selects one of those words by chance, based on their relative frequencies in the data.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • For five of the Buss siblings, selling the remaining stake can be viewed as the logical conclusion of a process that began when the family surrendered control of the Lakers last year.
    — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of logical
Adjective
  • Unauthorized sequels reveal the extremes of why people make movies in the first place, from purely cynical money grabs to pure — even naive — devotion to characters and their world.
    — Katie Rife, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Bill Murray plays Phil Connors, an irritable, cynical weatherman sent to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to report a story about the town’s quaint groundhog ceremony.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of cynical
Adjective
  • Often, the conspiracy theories around this case—like most conspiracy theories—are premised on rational questions.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
  • If a movie becomes available at home almost immediately, consumers have a rational reason to wait.
    — Cory Jacobson, HollywoodReporter, 21 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
  • Porter calls the rule a sensible and carefully designed first step, but his argument is that protection and leadership are different things.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • This might have discouraged a sensible man from deciding to become a publisher.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of sensible
Adjective
  • What starts as a reasonable desire to prevent disease can escalate into constant testing and rigid routines built around an ever-growing roster of supplements and experimental remedies.
    — John Vorwald, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The argument about competition against girl athletes is a reasonable one, though apparently very limited in number of events and any advantages.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of reasonable

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“Unromantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unromantic. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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