as in withdrawn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
Job seekers have felt the impact, as 60% of Americans say the process of searching for a new role is too impersonal.
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Chloe Berger, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
The conversation was generally impersonal, centered on politics, dogs, and, most often, debates about economics.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Traditional holiday trees, like the Rockefeller Center giant, are breathtaking but can feel impersonal.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Power said fraud is proliferating in an era of peer-to-peer (P2P) payment apps and increasingly impersonal transactions.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2024
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Chloe Berger, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
The conversation was generally impersonal, centered on politics, dogs, and, most often, debates about economics.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Traditional holiday trees, like the Rockefeller Center giant, are breathtaking but can feel impersonal.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Power said fraud is proliferating in an era of peer-to-peer (P2P) payment apps and increasingly impersonal transactions.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impersonal
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But the film doesn’t glamorize Callas, and instead portrays her as sad and withdrawn.Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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Think of how the finale opening dwells on Georgie never getting a handshake this season — Paul left her hanging twice with an extended, and then a withdrawn, hand!Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2024
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Stanley received more than 90 reports worldwide over problems relating to the detached lids — 38 of those complaints were tied to burn injuries, with 11 of those requiring medical attention.Alexandra Banner, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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This tiny ecosystem is part of a detached unit of Death Valley National Park, protected within the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge since 1984.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Tom Kim finished a distant second on 19-under and Justin Thomas, who led by a shot heading into the final round but remains without a win in more than two years, was third on 18-under.Matias Grez, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
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While data isn't available indicating how much this has changed over recent years, the tradition of downsizing into smaller homes designed with retirement in mind is becoming a distant, if not completely unlikely, prospect for America's aging boomer population.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Writers’ obsessions can illuminate their subjects in ways that more dispassionate approaches can’t.Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2024
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David Hume chimed in, two centuries later, to argue that judgments of right and wrong emanate from emotion and social conditioning, not the dispassionate application of reason.Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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Current Health Innovation Partnerships Recently, the USA and Italy have increasingly focused on digital health, pharmaceuticals, and clinical research.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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On a recent installment of The Joe Rogan Experience, the media personality welcomed guest Rick Strassman, a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Audra George is a professional organizer and owner of Pretty Neat: An Organization Solution in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Crimsyn Hawk is a professional organizer and owner of Spaced Organization in Atlanta, Georgia.Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024
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Still, his professional career has been a story of creating deep connections and collaborations with others.Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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The Kremlin remained silent on Assad’s whereabouts Monday, refusing to comment publicly on Russia’s decision to grant him asylum.Sophie Tanno, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
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Importantly, this decision did not remove all agency deference just deference where the statute is either silent or ambiguous.Joshua D. Smeltzer, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Impersonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impersonal. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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