as in withdrawn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
The impersonal hand of the machine is programmed to render nature drawings by Imazu, the rainforest scene’s erasure directly tied to the health of the plant that serves as its living stand-in.
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Naima Morelli, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Bureaucrats’ expertise and adherence to impersonal rules are meant to advance the common interest: for young and old, rural and urban dwellers alike, and many more.
—Michel Anteby, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2025
The technique involves coming up with a random, impersonal word and then brainstorming for just a few seconds at a time.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
While large companies often feel distant or impersonal, small businesses can be present, attentive and engaged.
—Chris Harris, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Naima Morelli, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Bureaucrats’ expertise and adherence to impersonal rules are meant to advance the common interest: for young and old, rural and urban dwellers alike, and many more.
—Michel Anteby, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2025
The technique involves coming up with a random, impersonal word and then brainstorming for just a few seconds at a time.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
While large companies often feel distant or impersonal, small businesses can be present, attentive and engaged.
—Chris Harris, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for impersonal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impersonal
Adjective
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For children, especially, these stressors can quickly lead to meltdowns or withdrawn behavior.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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My main criticism is its withdrawn camera, which is set too far away from the action in most stages.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Investigators at the scene found the housing to a side view mirror, a front driver’s side bumper component and a detached front driver’s side wheel trim.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
19 May 2025
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Cooking was done in a detached cookhouse, which also is open for viewing.—
Amy Bentley,
Oc Register,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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The trick was to keep them distant and yet connected, and find ways to not make the audience wait to see their chemistry, because the John Corbett and Sarah Jessica Parker chemistry is undeniable and a gift.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
29 May 2025
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Within 23 hours, the signals will be as far from Earth as NASA’s Voyager 1, the world’s most distant spacecraft at more than 15 billion miles in interstellar space.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
Adjective
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Given its clever production and Stoltenberg’s consciously dispassionate vocals, Big City Life could easily come across as forbiddingly cool.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
24 May 2025
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Since mainstream media coverage of Trump is so often negative, indeed the adversarial relationship is now established, more dispassionate evaluation becomes highly desirable.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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But there are private neurology practices or clinical centers with expertise to treat dementia, Kolachalama points out.—
Korin Miller,
Flow Space,
28 May 2025
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Villa endeavoured to refine a more compact defensive structure while being clinical up front… and the response was startling.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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Nicholson made her television debut in 1997, her film debut in 1998, and her professional theater debut in 2000.—
Rance Collins,
IndieWire,
7 June 2025
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In the meantime, however, these discriminatory government edicts will continue to violate Coloradans’ rights of free speech and free exercise of religion, and adversely impact the privacy, safety, professional conduct, and even health of those who disagree with the government’s ideology.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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While the Trump administration was silent on the details of the document, a New York Times report described it as merely a list of bullet points, not a full draft, citing four officials familiar with the negotiations.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
1 June 2025
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Proenza Schouler leans toward a silent gesture with its mint green terry dress.—
Alex Sales,
Glamour,
31 May 2025
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“Impersonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impersonal. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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