unsentimental
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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But I suppose I was a quite unsentimental young man in many ways and I was always on the lookout for some material where I could a rattle the public’s cage a bit.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
That unsentimental spirit has always drawn me to Rivera’s work.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
The film is, in a sense, a necrology—a catalog of death—that takes a bleak and unsentimental stance on human suffering.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
Everyone contributed what money they could to save George’s business from Mr. Potter, an unsentimental tycoon who makes the toughest takeover bankers and lawyers seem like sissies.
From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025
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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