unsentimental
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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But I suppose I was a quite unsentimental young man in many ways and I was always on the lookout for some material where I could a rattle the public’s cage a bit.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
The discussions are unsentimental because the consequences are real.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
The film is, in a sense, a necrology—a catalog of death—that takes a bleak and unsentimental stance on human suffering.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
Everyone contributed what money they could to save George’s business from Mr. Potter, an unsentimental tycoon who makes the toughest takeover bankers and lawyers seem like sissies.
From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025
John Vorster, the new minister of justice, who had himself been detained during World War II for opposing the government’s support of the Allies, was a man unsentimental in the extreme.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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