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unsentimental

British  
/ ˌʌnsɛntɪˈmɛntəl /

adjective

  1. not tending to indulge the emotions excessively

    a frank and unsentimental account

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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There’s a whole trade association for these people, the National Association of Senior Move Managers, and its members are entirely unsentimental about the job, in the best way.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Brecht’s furiously unsentimental farces got him harangued — first by the Nazis, then by the House Un-American Activities Committee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

In a four-star review, external, the Times noted how Heaton's "casually funny" and "deceptively piercing" latest album "again confirms his gift for dissecting human weakness with an unsentimental but humane eye".

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

It is a book that leads with its rigorously achieved style, which is stripped down, dryly unsentimental and keenly attuned to the tensions present in families and friendships.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

They had to investigate the charges against me, but the assignment was their unsentimental affirmation that their belief in me was unbroken.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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