unsentimental
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6.2
- adjective
- /ˌʌnˈsɛntɪˌmɛntəl/
:
desapasionado
- Szell's determinedly unsentimental approach was that of a classicist, Apollonian rather than Dionysian.
It's it's obdurately unsentimental and so on.
- It's it's obdurately unsentimental and so on.
- I mean the most kind of brutal, ruthless, unsentimental, brilliant.
Examples
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Sonny Rollins has been wrongly accused of being too rational and unsentimental in his playing.
Academic text (2014) -
The security services in their home countries were unsentimental, showing no tolerance for heroics.
Academic text (2001) -
Even his gratitude is unsentimental.
Academic text (2011) -
You will be glad, My Lord, that I possess such an unsentimental view when I am managing your investments.
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You know what the most unsentimental thing in the world is, Kyrah?
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At work, I am known to be hard-headed, clear-thinking, and unsentimental.
Fiction book (2000) -
My writing is dispassionate and unsentimental... ...but I wouldn't say it's unkind.
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Though this straightforward, unsentimental report undoubtedly elicited some sympathy for the obviously desperate woman, it also provoked outrage.
Academic text (1998) -
The manager took an unsentimental approach when making cuts to the budget, focusing solely on the numbers rather than personal feelings.
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Her unsentimental outlook allowed her to make difficult decisions without being swayed by emotion.
Synonyms
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6.7
Not letting strong feelings affect your judgment
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5.6
Calm and direct about facts without strong feeling
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4.4
Not showing strong feelings
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6.1
A person who deals with problems in a realistic, determined way and is not easily moved by feelings
Antonyms
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4.5
Having strong warm feelings about people or things from the past, often too emotional
How Sentimental
Surface Forms
Morphology
unsentimental = sentimental (transparent) = un + sentiment + al
The adjective is formed by adding the productive negative prefix 'un-' to 'sentimental', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not sentimental'.
Etymology
Unsentimental is made of un- 'not' and sentiment, which comes from a root meaning 'to feel' and is the same idea behind words like sense. So, unsentimental means 'not moved by feeling', someone who looks at facts and decisions clearly and without emotion.