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
That is, I noted that my color gave me infinite advantages, but the words, while sincere, were passionless.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2020
Len mocked the idea of a passionless passion.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2019
The CultFest’s running joke on Julia is that she’s a passionless robot, but what I loved about this moment is that it was as full of emotion and guileless as she was.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 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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