unemotional
- adjective
- /ˌʌnɪˈmoʊʃənl/
- During the meeting, she remained unemotional, calmly presenting the facts without letting her feelings show.
- unemotional behavior
- unemotional debate
- decent and unemotional
Family was a little bit, I would say maybe unemotional, kind of kept to ourselves.
- Family was a little bit, I would say maybe unemotional, kind of kept to ourselves.
- But keep in mind that being strong doesn't mean being unemotional.
- To me, the best way to sell something is to be unemotional and go fast.
- And there was something about the simplicity of that unemotional approach to what was a disaster.
- The algorithm is unemotional and just wants money and just wants attention.
- Well, there are certain types of children, mercifully rare, called callous- unemotional youths.
- Completely unemotional, factual, plain numbers, plain geographical facts.
- But in reality, in the same way that we twisted the stoic to mean somebody who is like rigid and unemotional, right?
- Whereas, you know, our our little s s, you know, think of on Spock from Star Trek is your, your, you know, unemotional.
- It it's more technically called callous unemotional psychopathy.
- Not what you hoped, like straight, unemotional, like my kids, not the cutest all the time talk.
- And my kids were there, and it was so unemotional.
- But that, to me at least, is I have a thesis that is unemotional.
Examples
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Again, the interaction was limited, unemotional, and matter-of-fact.
Academic text (1998) -
Then he listened to what he was given: the unemotional account of a disaster.
Fiction book (2001) -
Family was a little bit, I would say maybe unemotional, kind of kept to ourselves.
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So for me, I have this funny, very unemotional thing, right?
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One's duty is to be unemotional, to be objective, but one's duty, I think, is to remain human in the exercise.
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People with this learning style tend to be unemotional and concern themselves with things rather than with people.
Academic text (1996) -
So, you know, one of the keys to successful investing is to either be unemotional or at minimum act like you are.
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But if you want to talk about it, I mean, really talk about it, I would prefer to have an unemotional, rational conversation.
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Remember, a psychiatrist is objective, unemotional.
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Thus, talk about science that is unemotional, detached, and unbiased has been recognized and rewarded in academic settings.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
Not showing emotion or personal involvement
Not showing much interest or energy
Calm and relaxed, not showing that you are worried
Having a face or way of acting that shows no feeling
Not showing any feeling on the face or in the voice
Not showing feelings on the face or in the voice
Not showing strong feelings or any visible reaction
Not easily upset or worried, even in difficult situations
Not showing emotion to hide thoughts or feelings
Having little feeling in the face or voice
A person who shows no emotion in the face or voice
Someone or something that shows no response when something happens
Not showing strong feeling when judging something
Calm and not showing strong feelings
Calm and not showing strong or out of control feelings in a stressful situation
Not showing any emotion on the face
A person or thing that shows very little feeling in the face and voice
Showing no feelings on the face or in actions
Does not show feelings openly to other people
Calm and controlled, not strong or showy
Antonyms
How Emotional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unemotional starts with un- 'not' and contains emotion, which comes from an old Latin word meaning 'to move' and is the same root as motion or 'move'. So an unemotional person is 'not moved' by feelings, which is why the word means calm and not showing strong emotion.