passionless
Americanadjective
adjective
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empty of emotion or feeling
a passionless marriage
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calm and detached; dispassionate
Other Word Forms
- passionlessly adverb
- passionlessness noun
Etymology
Origin of passionless
Example Sentences
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Their relationship is adrift and passionless, and the stranger seems to know it, “messaging her from the shadows and keeping his identity hidden while he judged her, exposed her.”
From Washington Post • May 27, 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
The result is a movie that, for all its operatic allusions and actorly expertise, feels dismayingly passionless.
From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2018
The scandal sheets and tattlers call her icy and passionless.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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