UNSENTIMENTAL Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

unsentimental

adjective

as in detached

based on, influenced by, or resulting from reason or thought rather than feelings or emotions an unsentimental decision She's completely unsentimental about holidays.

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Recent Examples of unsentimental Of course, Callahan intones almost everything in an unsentimental baritone. —

David Harris, SPIN, 2 Mar. 2026 Despite these advances, Mike Bell is unsentimental about the ceiling. —

New Atlas, 27 Feb. 2026 In his experiences and chronicles of the great ideological battles of the twentieth century, Curzio Malaparte was a shape-shifter—pitiless, clinical, cynical, unsentimental, indifferent to morality and idealism. —

Leah Downey, The New York Review of Books, 7 Feb. 2026 White’s dialogue is unsentimental but rife with anguish; Owen Teague and a seductive, destructive Abbey Lee give the pain its due. —

Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unsentimental

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Multiple reports have said Frogmore was two semi-detached homes before Queen Elizabeth gave it to her grandson, Harry, and his bride, Meghan, as a wedding present.

— Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
In contrast to this ribald directness, Kokopeli’s playsets feature characters who appear detached and disconnected.

— Theo Belci, Artforum, 2 June 2026