as in stoic
not feeling or showing emotion
endured an unsatisfying marriage to a seemingly emotionless man
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Recent Examples of emotionless
Rather than portray science as something neutral or emotionless, participants infused empathy and feeling into their community engagement.
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Evelyn Valdez-Ward, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
But Tiffany does bring up Donna’s name, saying she’s been emotionless and hasn’t been trying very hard to form connections.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Čapek’s initially emotionless robots develop into conscious, thinking beings and then violently revolt against their human creators.
—David M. Ewalt, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
An emotionless Hamlin sat in his car, wiping his face with a towel as Larson celebrated with his team.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
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Evelyn Valdez-Ward, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
But Tiffany does bring up Donna’s name, saying she’s been emotionless and hasn’t been trying very hard to form connections.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Čapek’s initially emotionless robots develop into conscious, thinking beings and then violently revolt against their human creators.
—David M. Ewalt, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
An emotionless Hamlin sat in his car, wiping his face with a towel as Larson celebrated with his team.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emotionless
Adjective
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However, when a stoic drifter named Herald Loomis (Joshua Boone) and his young daughter, Zonia (Savannah Commodore) arrive on their doorstep, the Holly’s world turns on its axis.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2026
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No manuscript of American history is complete without footnotes to its bookstores, and many of them have been much more than stoic spectators to the country’s evolution.—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Wearing a navy blue suit with an American flag pinned on the lapel, a low-energy Weinstein appeared unemotional as White delivered her opening remarks.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Meursault’s callousness toward the world — his calm and unemotional demeanor at his mother’s death, his seeming inability to show grief or regret or passion or even anger in just about any circumstance — becomes the focal point of his trial and of the novel itself.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Emotionless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emotionless. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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