unsentimental

adjective

un·​sen·​ti·​men·​tal ˌən-ˌsen-tə-ˈmen-tᵊl 

: not marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism : not sentimental

an unsentimental person

unsentimental remarks

unsentimentality

ˌən-ˌsen-tə-ˌmen-ˈta-lə-tē 

-mən-

noun

unsentimentally adverb

Examples of unsentimental in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Photo Gallery This kind of unraveling isn’t that new in the pantheon of British kitchen-sink dramas, but what is quite startling is the film’s clear-eyed, unsentimental portrayal of Michael as the author of his own tragedy. —Damon Wise, Deadline, 17 May 2025

Success in great-power competition requires rigorous and unsentimental net assessment. —Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025

The piece concerns political intrigue in 1682, but this performance features a blunt, vernacular new translation of the libretto; a staging of skin-crawling immediacy; and a fierce, unsentimental reading of the score. —Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025

Ozon goes from virtue-signaling to unsentimental profundity. —Armond White, National Review, 11 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1752, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unsentimental

• coincidental
• developmental
• environmental
• experimental
• intersegmental
• nongovernmental
• transcontinental
• accidental
• compartmental
• continental
• detrimental
• elemental