as in withdrawn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
Yet, many aspects of women’s healthcare remain rigid, impersonal and filled with barriers.
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Mallory Walsh, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The impersonal nature of these digital communications can have profound effects on workers' mental health, organizational trust and overall workplace culture.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
However, gift cards, whether digital or physical, have sometimes been viewed as impersonal presents.
—Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
For companies, the use of impersonal layoff methods may result in reputational damage, decreased employee loyalty and difficulties in attracting top talent in the future.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Mallory Walsh, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The impersonal nature of these digital communications can have profound effects on workers' mental health, organizational trust and overall workplace culture.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
However, gift cards, whether digital or physical, have sometimes been viewed as impersonal presents.
—Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
For companies, the use of impersonal layoff methods may result in reputational damage, decreased employee loyalty and difficulties in attracting top talent in the future.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for impersonal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impersonal
Adjective
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Pettersson is more withdrawn, more cerebral, more sensitive and certainly not prone to confrontation by nature.—
Chris Johnston,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
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Introverts may become talkative, or extroverts quiet and withdrawn.—
Dr. Talia Varley,
Forbes,
16 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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But the detached garage and a guest cottage were destroyed, as were all but three or four of the 20 or so houses on their block near the Altadena Golf Course.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2025
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Steps lead down to a heated swimming pool, and elsewhere on the property are fruit-bearing citrus trees, raised garden boxes and an original detached bomb shelter.—
Angela Serratore,
New York Times,
30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Phillip raced around the exterior of the house, checking for embers and spraying distant hot spots with water, protecting what had become an island in the fire.—
Eli Saslow,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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Only the Colorado Rockies, a distant 20th at $129.9 million, have decided not to join in the spending.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The man, no, the boy that 3,000 people had crammed inside London’s Alexandra Palace to see produce history, plus millions more watching at home and in pubs around the UK and the world, was doing it not just with dispassionate ease, or with flamboyant style, but with disdainful relish.—
Tim Spiers,
The Athletic,
4 Jan. 2025
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Dylan, a movie stuntwoman at work on a shoot in New Zealand, sounds neither surprised nor concerned: The dispassionate tone between them makes clear that mother and daughter are at least alike in their self-containment.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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This finding is particularly encouraging for clinical applications and indicates that advancements in technology can bridge gaps in functionality for users.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
16 Jan. 2025
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Isak’s silkiness is sublime, and check out his composure and clinical finish for his second goal against Wolves, above.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This week could also be one of the luckiest across the board, encouraging us to pursue personal and professional growth.—
Kyle Thomas,
People.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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Khatami certainly has a lot to say, especially about the crushing effects of the male hierarchy on both a personal and professional level.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In the Broadway musical Sunset Boulevard silent screen star Norma Desmond returns to the Paramount lot after twenty years living under the radar in her crumbling mansion.—
Jeryl Brunner,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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The skies in Gaza went silent for the first time in months with no Israeli airstrikes.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Impersonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impersonal. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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