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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Vanilla can mean anything from “without a power dynamic” to simply passionless.
From Slate • May 6, 2021
An Ohio couple reinvigorate their passionless marriage during a bizarre 24 hours in New York City.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2019
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
As for her, she was a passionless maid and she clung to him as to a father, and to him she was indeed more than half child and scarcely woman.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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