unsentimental

/ ˌʌnsɛntɪˈmɛntəl /

adjective

1. not tending to indulge the emotions excessively

   a frank and unsentimental account

Example Sentences

Fanning often deploys an unsentimental reserve that’s very effective from a dramatic standpoint.

From New York Times

In “A Strange Loop,” he confronts the issue head-on by focusing on a musical theater writer who’s trying to create a show that reflects his own unsentimental reality.

From Los Angeles Times

At Bortolami gallery, there is Philip Pearlstein, whose dramatically cropped, unsentimental figures were profoundly unfashionable when he introduced them in the early 1960s.

From New York Times

Elizabeth sees Ale, sees him fully, and, in a lovely, utterly unsentimental moment, advises him, “Get a name and become a problem for them.”

From Los Angeles Times

It’s the last line of the piece and characteristic of her concise, unsentimental generosity.

From Los Angeles Times

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