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 no feeling.
  • 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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un- +‎ emotional

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Examples

  • Online shopping will continue to grow from a low base, mainly in unemotional purchases.

    The Changing Canadian Retail Landscape 2002

  • If people are going flame as a way to compete, I’m going to out them, very plainly in unemotional language.

    My work is not a joke « Scripting News Annex 2006

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Dassey's statements to him about not being involved with "unemotional," Kachinsky said.

    The Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter Latest Headlines 2010

  • Dassey's statements to him about not being involved with "unemotional," Kachinsky said.

    The Appleton Post-Crescent Latest Headlines 2010

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