unsentimental
adjective
un·sen·ti·men·tal
ˌən-ˌsen-tə-ˈmen-tᵊl 
: not marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism : not sentimental
an unsentimental person
unsentimental remarks
unsentimentally
adverb
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The piece concerns political intrigue in 1682, but this performance features a blunt, vernacular new translation of the libretto; a staging of skin-crawling immediacy; and a fierce, unsentimental reading of the score.
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Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Ozon goes from virtue-signaling to unsentimental profundity.
—Armond White, National Review, 11 Apr. 2025
There’s a gentle, unsentimental warmth to this novel that feels like a balm in times like these.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
But an unsentimental assessment of the regional landscape offers some sense of how Trump could proceed.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Ozon goes from virtue-signaling to unsentimental profundity.
—Armond White, National Review, 11 Apr. 2025
There’s a gentle, unsentimental warmth to this novel that feels like a balm in times like these.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
But an unsentimental assessment of the regional landscape offers some sense of how Trump could proceed.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for unsentimental
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“Unsentimental.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsentimental. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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