as in withdrawn
having or showing no emotional warmth or interest in others
The CEO was impersonal during the meeting, focusing only on the business at hand.
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Recent Examples of impersonal
But there’s an innate slickness to drone footage that can turn a shot of, say, a South Texas Starbucks into a joke, and there’s a mechanical quality to the way drones glide through the air that, even if controlled by a human, feels impersonal — a view from nowhere.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 May 2026
Its few lasting effects are impersonal and clichéd.
—Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
Where there was once an insistence on an impersonal space, there is now an acknowledgment that the therapist does not have to cloak their identity in a benign anonymity.
—Wendy C. Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Use Simple Rituals to Keep Their Memories Alive Legacy doesn’t always have to look like big, elaborate events—for younger kids, a memorial service, for instance, might even feel overwhelming and impersonal.
—Halona Black, Parents, 10 Apr. 2026
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 May 2026
Its few lasting effects are impersonal and clichéd.
—Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
Where there was once an insistence on an impersonal space, there is now an acknowledgment that the therapist does not have to cloak their identity in a benign anonymity.
—Wendy C. Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Use Simple Rituals to Keep Their Memories Alive Legacy doesn’t always have to look like big, elaborate events—for younger kids, a memorial service, for instance, might even feel overwhelming and impersonal.
—Halona Black, Parents, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impersonal
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Patrick Stewart is also among those to have publicly discussed working with a withdrawn Hardy, who has also starred in The Dark Knight trilogy, Peaky Blinders and the Venom films.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2026
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Read more on the deadly ripple effects of withdrawn aid.—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
20 May 2026
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Dominguez never managed to ingratiate himself with the players and Lillo became detached.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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The film centers on a pickpocket who survives by exploiting the desires of closeted men, until his detached worldview is upended when one of his marks returns seeking closeness rather than settling scores.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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All are available as ground-floor garden units (timber floors; a king-size bed centered on doors opening onto a private terrace and garden) or upstairs (mirrored in layout but with plush carpets and four-poster beds; views of the surrounding gardens and distant mountains from Juliet balconies).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
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This magisterial polemic demonstrates how what may appear to be distant American history remains acutely relevant.—
Anna Holmes,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
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As a result, many Stasi workers had grown disillusioned and dispassionate.—
Lauren Cassidy,
The Conversation,
22 Apr. 2026
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Ewert is not a fully dispassionate witness.—
Simon Akam,
Vanity Fair,
2 Apr. 2026
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And a few weeks after that, the insurer went even further, changing its coverage policy to include deep brain stimulation for some children and teens who meet clinical criteria.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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Because the majority of deaths in remote or low-income countries occur at home rather than in a hospital, clinical or medical descriptions of the reasons for the mortalities also remain unknown.—
Diane Cole,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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Lacan helped Basket Landes to a championship, and was named finals MVP, in the top French professional league earlier this month.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Few athletes in sports history have entered the professional ranks with more hype and intrigue than Caitlin Clark.—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2026
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Candidates who challenge the powerful can draw strong but silent support, because there is open fear of reprisals from city officials against those who back any challenger to the people in charge.—
Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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First, there’s Green Chartreuse, a beguiling and almost hallucinogenically intense combination of 132 secret ingredients, which have been infused and distilled into high-proof alcohol by silent French monks since at least 1764, and probably quite a bit longer than that.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
30 May 2026
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“Impersonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impersonal. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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