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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Etymology
Origin of passionless
Example Sentences
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Vanilla can mean anything from “without a power dynamic” to simply passionless.
From Slate ● May 6, 2021
Len mocked the idea of a passionless passion.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2019
She’s left behind a dissertation she no longer believes in; a dreary grad-school job; an empty, aimless, passionless relationship.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 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
“That is what most of the discussion was about,” Master Lorren explained, his voice as passionless as stone.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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