as in withdrawn
having or showing no emotional warmth or interest in others
The CEO was impersonal during the meeting, focusing only on the business at hand.
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Recent Examples of impersonal
The impersonal hand of the machine is programmed to render nature drawings by Imazu, the rainforest scene’s erasure directly tied to the health of the plant that serves as its living stand-in.
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Naima Morelli, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Bureaucrats’ expertise and adherence to impersonal rules are meant to advance the common interest: for young and old, rural and urban dwellers alike, and many more.
—Michel Anteby, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2025
The technique involves coming up with a random, impersonal word and then brainstorming for just a few seconds at a time.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
While large companies often feel distant or impersonal, small businesses can be present, attentive and engaged.
—Chris Harris, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Naima Morelli, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Bureaucrats’ expertise and adherence to impersonal rules are meant to advance the common interest: for young and old, rural and urban dwellers alike, and many more.
—Michel Anteby, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2025
The technique involves coming up with a random, impersonal word and then brainstorming for just a few seconds at a time.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
While large companies often feel distant or impersonal, small businesses can be present, attentive and engaged.
—Chris Harris, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impersonal
Adjective
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Hayk, a withdrawn and aloof child, lives on a farm with his aunt Narine and gets mocked and called strange by others.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2025
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For children, especially, these stressors can quickly lead to meltdowns or withdrawn behavior.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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Established in 1980, Channel Islands National Park consists of five islands — Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel and more detached Santa Barbara — and the marine reserves which lie within 1 nautical mile of the group’s 175 miles of coastline.—
Paul Bersebach,
Oc Register,
4 June 2025
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Anderson built del Toro’s role around the actor, who repays him with a beauty of a performance, embodying the detached charisma of a morally dubious tycoon with cool ease.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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Eventually, technology allows these distant intimates to share a frame.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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Cars and trucks traveling along the highway passed by quietly in the distant background.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Given its clever production and Stoltenberg’s consciously dispassionate vocals, Big City Life could easily come across as forbiddingly cool.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
24 May 2025
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Since mainstream media coverage of Trump is so often negative, indeed the adversarial relationship is now established, more dispassionate evaluation becomes highly desirable.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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Jessica Sharp, clinical director for Kidworks, LLC.—
Phil Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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Many of these clients were likely those with high clinical needs who were absorbed into their counseling centers’ normal operations.—
Eric Wood,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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Today, ServiceMaster is based in Atlanta and handles janitorial services and professional home cleaning, among other services.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
7 June 2025
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As with all equity investments, investors should carefully evaluate all options with a qualified investment professional before making any investment decision.—
Joel Shulman,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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The Bombers’ offense was silent without its Captain as Aaron Judge received his first off night of the season before the Yanks head to Fenway Park on Friday for a three-game set with the Red Sox.—
James O'Connell,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2025
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But, in many ways, Chryseis—in spite of the apparent privileging of her name and her identity as a priest’s daughter that makes its way into the later stories about her—is the more silent, the more difficult to bring back to life, of the two.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 June 2025
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“Impersonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impersonal. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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