unsentimental

/ ˌʌnsɛntɪˈmɛntəl /

adjective

1. not tending to indulge the emotions excessively

   a frank and unsentimental account

Example Sentences

While Holt’s departure from “Nightly News” was presented as his decision, NBC News is historically unsentimental when it comes to making talent transitions, always looking for the next generation.

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As is typical, Dunthorne confronts gaps in the historical record — documents incinerated by bombs, removed by the Allies, even discarded by unsentimental relatives.

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Alain Guiraudie’s marvelously unsentimental French thriller begins in a mood of death, one it never quite shakes as events pick up in a twisty way.

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Their color-coded tale of a traumatized war veteran, his concerned daughter and a beached whale is evocative and unsentimental.

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She appeared dignified, eloquent, unsentimental and downright revolutionary.

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Related Words

• astute 
• hard-headed 
• hard-nosed 
• headstrong 
• obstinate 
• practical 
• pragmatic 
• rational 
• sensible 
• shrewd 
• sober