as in unemotional
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Adjective
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The scientist Hartnett was an unemotional witness called to speak to her professional analysis of the items she was tasked with looking at.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
15 May 2025 -
As the film opens, a matter-of-fact, unemotional voice shares statistics about children living with poverty, parental abuse and alcoholism in the United States, as the numbers flash in simple white text on a black screen.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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That happened during the second major at Quail Hollow, where the green jacket winner had an unimpressive finish.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
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Sears is only 6-1 (if that), is already 23 and had a pretty unimpressive stint at the G League Elite Camp a year ago.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Repressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repressive. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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