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
This lyrical but unsentimental book is a eulogy for transhumance—the seasonal movement of livestock and the people who watch over them.
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The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Yet after three years of lengthy overnight flights, navigating language barriers, and the emotional disconnect of having a wedding in a beautiful yet often unsentimental venue, the pendulum has begun to swing the other way.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
In The Miracle Worker, director Arthur Penn depicted the Helen Keller story in a direct and unsentimental manner that was unusual for its time.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 18 Dec. 2024
But Dana’s writing is trippy enough, and Blush keeps things heightened and unsentimental enough, that the pair avoid the cliff.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Yet after three years of lengthy overnight flights, navigating language barriers, and the emotional disconnect of having a wedding in a beautiful yet often unsentimental venue, the pendulum has begun to swing the other way.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
In The Miracle Worker, director Arthur Penn depicted the Helen Keller story in a direct and unsentimental manner that was unusual for its time.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 18 Dec. 2024
But Dana’s writing is trippy enough, and Blush keeps things heightened and unsentimental enough, that the pair avoid the cliff.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsentimental
Adjective
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The sale of the detached house in the 2300 block of Fruitdale Ave., San Jose, has been finalized.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
16 May 2025
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Through it all, there’s the metronomic wash of the tides onto the sand, waves lapping the beach, the undulation of the ocean, and the cityscape of Rockaway, with its large apartment buildings and detached houses, in the background.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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Josh Duhamel portrays Staten Kirkland, a stoic rancher fighting to save his family’s land and legacy in the Netflix drama series Ransom Canyon.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Researchers say that because boys still face the expectation to be stoic, their struggles more often show up in their behavior.—
Claire Cain Miller,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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Three Palestinians in Gaza told Reuters early on Monday afternoon that there had been calm since midday, with no sound of drones or warplanes.—
James Mackenzie,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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In an Instagram reel, Chenoa, 26, is seen holding her daughter as the baby gazes upwards with a calm expression.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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As the film opens, a matter-of-fact, unemotional voice shares statistics about children living with poverty, parental abuse and alcoholism in the United States, as the numbers flash in simple white text on a black screen.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
30 Mar. 2025
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Al Capone in Boardwalk Empire, an underground crime lord and boxer in A Thousand Blows, a neo-Nazi play-acting at being a father in This Is England, a coolly unemotional dystopian leader in Bodies.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Pay no heed to the aches in your body, the growing fear that your numb fingers and toes may never be able to feel sensations again: look up and thank the man with your gaze.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
13 May 2025
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An example is lidocaine, used to numb pain during medical procedures.—
Rebecca Robbins,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Wins Best Film at Critics Awards for Arab Films Far from the bristling emotional potency of Petzold’s previous muse Nina Hoss, Beer can be an aloof, hard-to-read presence.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
17 May 2025
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One of the central conflicts begins when the cute five-year-old daughter, I-Jing (Nina Ye), is reprimanded by her otherwise aloof grandfather for being left-handed.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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The speech was met with interruptions from hecklers, prompting Kennedy to remain composed and even express gratitude for the lessons learned from such interactions.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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The resort’s composed, perfectionist manager who returned to Japan after years in New York’s hospitality industry.—
Martine Paris,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Thus, a dispassionate discussion is needed on what net zero means for oil and gas.—
Simi Thambi,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Readers acquainted with the mixed lyricism and sarcasm of the Communist Manifesto or Marx’s inflamed journalism on the events of his day may be surprised by the desiccated laying out of concepts and dispassionate tone of Capital.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Unsentimental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsentimental. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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