unsentimental
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
He, at fourteen, was pudgy, bespectacled, and totally unsentimental.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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