unsentimental
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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
The setup here is an enticingly fresh and unsentimental look at confused youth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
That’s when it hits you that while Stanley Kubrick’s unsentimental “2001: A Space Odyssey” inspired the iPad, Lord and Miller want to inspire a better version of us.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
Dangers are ever-present, but the novel is a study in unsentimental indomitability, as the hero reckons with the elements and her past on her way to a heartbreaking coda.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
And the usually gruff and unsentimental Lord Fredrick Ashton was discussing wallpaper with Mrs. Clarke and cheerily picking baby names, and with a full moon coming on, too!
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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