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impersonallacking human warmth or emotion; not influenced by personal feelings

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: lacking human warmth or emotion; not influenced by personal feelings

Pronunciation (IPA): /ɪmˈpɜːrsənəl/

Example Sentences

  • The AI chatbot's responses felt very impersonal compared to talking with a human.
  • My grandmother complains that modern banks are too impersonal - she misses chatting with the same teller every week.
  • The email was written in an impersonal style, making it sound like a robot wrote it.

impersonal

ADJECTIVE

[/ɪmˈpɜːrsənəl/]

lacking human warmth or emotion; not influenced by personal feelings

lacking human warmth or emotion; not influenced by personal feelings
💡 Concept

lacking human warmth or emotion; not influenced by personal feelings

His external facade hides internal warmth, yet remains impersonal!
🎵 Rhyme

His external facade hides internal warmth, yet remains impersonal!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ɪmˈpɜːrsənəl/
🇬🇧 UK/ɪmˈpɜːsənəl/

🌳Etymology

Prefixim--
Rootperson
Suffix--al

🎵Rhyme

personalexternalinternal
personal
external
internal

🔗Collocations

impersonal service
impersonal tone
cold and impersonal
impersonal manner
impersonal relationship

📝Examples

The AI chatbot's responses felt very impersonal compared to talking with a human.

😄 Fun example

My grandmother complains that modern banks are too impersonal - she misses chatting with the same teller every week.

The email was written in an impersonal style, making it sound like a robot wrote it.

He tried to keep the breakup conversation impersonal, but she could see he was struggling not to cry.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

objectivedetachedformalcolddistant

Antonyms

personalwarmintimate

Related

impersonalitypersonallypersonalizedepersonalize

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