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
The lives of the two children in the story, aged fourteen and four, are portrayed as being as fleeting as the fireflies, and the story is an unsentimental and unflinching account with moments of both tenderness and heartlessness.
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Ginny Tapley Takemori
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Manfred may have goofy-looking curly blonde hair, but Mikkelsen portrays him as strong-willed and devoted to his brother, with a dignified stiffness that is both poignant and unsentimental.
—Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
But that’s no reason to discount nor dismiss his unsentimental directorial debut, an authentic and brutal experience illustrating the battles warring inside the head of a troubled guy just released from prison after serving 153 days.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
The timeline is assembled in such a way that emotional touchstones can sometimes feel manipulative, considering how ruthlessly unsentimental Bobo’s narration sounds.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsentimental
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Some feel detached, as if the shock still lingered, and the realization of survival despite the improbability had not set in.—
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Other structures out on the property include a detached and heated garage with studio space and a barn with horse stalls and a workshop.—
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Contestants not only looked the part, but also acted the part of the coach who at times is stoic and fiery.—
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The skeletal trees, stripped of their summer green and fiery autumn leaves, stand in a white shroud of snow like stoic models of resilience and grace.—
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Iranian state television on Sunday morning took a page from demonstrators, having their correspondents appear on streets in several cities to show calm areas with a date stamp shown on screen.—
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His brands, including Juicy Fruit and Spearmint, promoted gum as a way to calm nerves, curb hunger and stay focused.—
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That’s the image projected by Chicago’s pragmatic, unemotional manager, Craig Counsell, who continues to get lustily booed in his hometown.—
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He is learned, frail, accomplished, absent, selfish and unemotional.—
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The president’s bows were aloof and stiff.—
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Farmiga plays Cameron's aloof mother.—
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Like, like my legs are going numb.—
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On my knees, my hands zip-tied behind me, my fingers and feet quickly grew numb.—
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More aggressive than the Tide, more physical, more composed and clearly better prepared, the Hoosiers showed zero rust after a month-long break after the Big Ten championship game.—
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But Peggy never forgot her roots; a genre-blending selector with range, she’s known for her energetic but composed sets.—
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But where roasts are full of dispassionate barbs, these performances would be fueled by genuine resentment so the results would be even more thrilling.—
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The book’s accumulation of data, cases, and documentation of censorship, surveillance, and harassment, presented in a clinical and dispassionate tone, paints a damning picture.—
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“Unsentimental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsentimental. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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