Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not easily stirred or moved in feeling.
- adjective Involving little or no emotion; rational.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not emotional; free from or unaccompanied by an exhibition of emotion or feeling; impassive; not inducing emotion: as, an unemotional person; an unemotional book.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Showing little or nofeeling . - adjective Reasoned and
objective , involving reason or intellect rather than feelings.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion
- adjective cool and formal in manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Online shopping will continue to grow from a low base, mainly in unemotional purchases.
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If people are going flame as a way to compete, I’m going to out them, very plainly in unemotional language.
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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' see links below: Four Loko will now fuel cars; Chamber of Commerce calls for 'unemotional' talks on energy; Underground carbon capture and storage leaking, killing animals; GOP threatens EPA; U.S.
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen: Green News Report: January 11, 2011 (Audio) Brad Friedman 2011
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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' see links below: Four Loko will now fuel cars; Chamber of Commerce calls for 'unemotional' talks on energy; Underground carbon capture and storage leaking, killing animals; GOP threatens EPA; U.S.
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen: Green News Report: January 11, 2011 (Audio) Brad Friedman 2011
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Part of the claptrap assigned to masculinity in our white patriarchal middle-class-aspiring culture is that they be "unemotional", which in specific means that "real" males are allowed to exhibit only anger or anger-tinged vehemence as emotions.
BROAD CAST AND UPDATES, 29 OCTOBER 2007 Maggie Jochild 2007
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It's also worth noting that, in the original pilot for Star Trek, the "unemotional" character was the female, "Number One," played by Majel Barrett.
Spock James Killus 2008
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It's also worth noting that, in the original pilot for Star Trek, the "unemotional" character was the female, "Number One," played by Majel Barrett.
Archive 2008-01-01 James Killus 2008
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If you're told that your reservation has been canceled, make an "unemotional" appeal, citing matters like a crucial breakfast meeting scheduled at the hotel, he said.
NYT > Home Page By JOE SHARKEY 2010
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Dassey's statements to him about not being involved with "unemotional," Kachinsky said.
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Dassey's statements to him about not being involved with "unemotional," Kachinsky said.
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