passionless
Americanadjective
adjective
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empty of emotion or feeling
a passionless marriage
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calm and detached; dispassionate
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Origin of passionless
Example Sentences
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Haider’s yearning for Biba is intense and undeniable, especially in contrast with his affectionate but passionless marriage to Mumtaz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2023
Len mocked the idea of a passionless passion.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2019
Writing in The New York Times, Vincent Canby called the film, “an exceptionally loveless, passionless costume drama.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2018
It lost to the passionless “Lullaby of Broadway,” warbled by Winifred Shaw and then re-purposed, instrumentally, for a bonkers Busby Berkeley number.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2018
Minkoff, my passionless flame, has turned upon me.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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