unsentimental
adjective
un·sen·ti·men·tal
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Definition of unsentimental
: not marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism : not sentimental
an unsentimental person unsentimental remarks
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Other Words from unsentimental
unsentimentality
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noun
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noun
unsentimentally
adverb
Examples of unsentimental in a Sentence
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Barack Obama is famously unsentimental, including on racial questions, for instance in shaping his romantic life in a way that would comport better with his political ambitions. — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, "Joe Biden, Designated White Guy," 13 Aug. 2019 In her quest to become Jude, Cindy takes it all in, providing an unsentimental and unadorned appraisal of life, class differences, and the crazy ways that people relate. — Clea Simon, BostonGlobe.com, "In ‘Marilou Is Everywhere,’ finding yourself means becoming someone else," 1 Aug. 2019 Appalachian places have evocative and unsentimental names denoting deep roots: Little Barren River, Coal Pit Road. — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, "The White Ghetto," 23 July 2019 As a writer, Hemon is exact, unsentimental, cerebral. — Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, "Aleksandar Hemon’s Lost Eden," 6 June 2019 The title alone offers a view of life as starkly unsentimental as any memento mori. — The New York Review of Books, "Deborah Solomon," 21 Feb. 2019 The very concept of favoritism is mainly derived from odds and betting, and the bookmakers, those unsentimental seekers of profit, have Spain at the top of their markets. — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, "With champion Germany out, who's the World Cup 'favorite' now?," 27 June 2018 Cody and Reitman have helped each other evolve over the years, and this funny, charming, unsentimental view of parenthood, of partnership, of the unspectacular miracle of kindness, is their best work yet. — The Editors Of Gq, GQ, "The Best Movies of 2018 (So Far)," 19 June 2018 That led to last summer’s book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Bloomsbury, $24.95), a wildly hilarious, raw and glib, two-fistedly unsentimental autobiography. — Michael Klein, Philly.com, "Anthony Bourdain: He didn't set out to be a celebrity," 8 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unsentimental.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for unsentimental
unsentimental
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of unsentimental
: based on, influenced by, or resulting from reason or thought rather than feelings or emotions : not sentimental
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