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Definitions

impersonal

[im-pur-suh-nl] / ɪmˈpɜr sə nl /
ADJECTIVE
cold, unfriendly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abstract detached indifferent remote
WEAK
bureaucratic businesslike candid cold turkey cold-blooded colorless cool disinterested dispassionate emotionless equal equitable fair formal impartial inhuman neutral nondiscriminatory objective poker-faced straight strictly business unbiased uncolored unpassioned
Antonyms
STRONGEST
compassionate interested sympathetic
WEAK
friendly informal personable personal warm

Example Sentences

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Though the technology can help managers express themselves more effectively, it can also make basic factual mistakes or come off as generic and impersonal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

However, many are still protected via regulatory loopholes, such as exemptions for those providing only impersonal advice not tailored to any particular client or issuing such advice for free.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2025

Sophie is concerned that interactions between boys and girls are distant and impersonal in Ben's peer group.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2025

History is driven not only by vast impersonal forces like geography and economics but also by contingency, that is, the individual actions of men and women.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025

He looked grim and tired, for his eyes were burning, there was an air of such impersonal cruelty about him that despite myself I shivered.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya