as in withdrawn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 relying on automation too much can make these interactions feel impersonal.
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Jim Becker, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
This is a step toward rebuilding trust in a system that often feels impersonal and opaque.
—Chris Bowen, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Instead of a gentle reminder, borrowers learned about their delinquency through impersonal emails from credit bureaus or sudden cuts to their credit limits.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Transactions are often impersonal and lacking in education or accessibility.
—Brandon Aversano, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Jim Becker, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
This is a step toward rebuilding trust in a system that often feels impersonal and opaque.
—Chris Bowen, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Instead of a gentle reminder, borrowers learned about their delinquency through impersonal emails from credit bureaus or sudden cuts to their credit limits.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Transactions are often impersonal and lacking in education or accessibility.
—Brandon Aversano, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for impersonal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impersonal
Adjective
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The withdrawn San Francisco drama, about lonely nonbinary nanny and restaurant server Cass (Asia Kate Dillon), is simple in its presentation, but disguises numerous layers to its story.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2025
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Jade and John told Dateline both had noticed their daughter was acting a bit withdrawn in the period leading up to her disappearance.—
Veronica Fulton,
NBC News,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In addition to the main floor porch, the property has a large detached deck close to shore for waterside entertaining. Take a look around...—
Audrey Kennedy,
Axios,
17 Jan. 2025
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The property comes with a detached garage with a stylish glass garage door and a car charger.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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His ceiling offensively doesn’t suggest work as a No. 1 centre in the NHL; second-line duty over a period of years is something of a distant bell based on current numbers; his floor (No. 3 centre) would represent a reach selection for this player.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Great athletes have been known to remember the minute details of games in the distant past with uncommon clarity.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The tone of his book is dispassionate, befitting his soft-spoken, considered persona, but its message is clear: By favoring more and more immigration, the modern left betrayed its traditional working-class constituency.—
Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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Maybe being more dispassionate is one part of the equation.—
Alex Weprin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Longer and larger prospective studies are needed to inform clinical guidance about how this population can safely use GLP-1s, Basina said.—
Julia Ries,
Health,
9 Apr. 2025
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The whole experience felt almost clinical, like a trip to the doctor.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In Miller’s 57-fight professional MMA career, he has only been submitted three times.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Onsite sales commenced Saturday during the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, which is held on the course the week before professional men’s golf’s first major.—
Larry Holder,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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So far, the ESA has been silent on Trump excluding video game consoles from his tariff exemptions.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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The Taliban are also silent on the other restrictions and whether there is any chance of removing them.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Impersonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impersonal. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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