antiseptic

While bemoaning the antiseptic, “look, don’t touch” aesthetic of modern cinema, Benedict did find time to tie it to the way we live, saying that the inhumanity of modern homes has crept into our bodies.

But these once surefire hits have never been so limp and antiseptic.

They were all the same: tube lights flickering, the air thick with the stench of decay and antiseptic.

Then, later that day, when Megumi, a relative newbie at the sport, cut her hand on the wall, Gordon jumped in to offer her an antiseptic wipe.

Given that environment, he added, it's crucial that intelligence agencies act in an "apolitical" and "antiseptic" way.