unromantic

adjective

Definition of unromanticnext
as in unsentimental

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Recent Examples of unromantic Small-Business Mindset Listening to both Cook and Drew, all of this sounds unromantic in the best possible way. — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2026 This idea was supposed to be the kind of thing that could convince even the most unromantic skeptics that space exploration was not only spiritually fulfilling, but economically advantageous. — Elena Saavedra Buckley, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026 Using these unromantic, 50,000-ton auxiliaries to test the new battleship hull-form, mechanical systems or electrical innovations makes sense. — Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 13 Jan. 2026 The logical, unromantic version of their history is that in the 17th century Chincoteague farmers moved their livestock to neighboring Assateague Island to roam freely and avoid fencing their land, as well as skirting various taxation laws. — Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unromantic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unromantic
  1. unsentimental
  2. bottom-line
  3. logical
  4. cynical
  5. rational
  6. commonsensical
  7. sensible
  8. reasonable
Adjective
  • The Problems Do Not Go Away McGee is refreshingly unsentimental about what building a business over a decade actually looks like.
    — Esha Chhabra, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Paradoxically, maintaining a consistent edge requires constant, unsentimental internal change—of processes, technology, and people.
    — Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Definition of unsentimental
Adjective
  • That accounting change reported Social Security’s dedicated payroll tax revenue alongside all other federal income in a single bottom-line figure, making the overall deficit look smaller.
    — Thomas Hager, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Mitchell said public safety is a bottom-line issue for residents and a reason why people decide to even migrate to Charlotte in the first place.
    — Zaire Breedlove, Charlotte Observer, 19 June 2026
Definition of bottom-line
Adjective
  • The business solution provider, on the other hand, acts as the logical custodian of critical processes.
    — Vicente Pava, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Those are legitimate concerns, and yet the rebuttals are just as logical.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 2 July 2026
Definition of logical
Adjective
  • His willingness to move to Rio de Janeiro upon taking the job endeared him to the cynical public, as did his decision to call up Neymar to his squad to quieten the noise the forward’s potential exclusion would have brought with it.
    — Chris Evans, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • Against the run of play, the Atlas Lions won a free kick near the corner of the box after Luc De Fougerolles was booked for a cynical challenge.
    — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
Definition of cynical
Adjective
  • The value equation was rational, transactional and easy to understand.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Perhaps there was a rational explanation for the man outside her apartment.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 June 2026
Definition of rational
Adjective
  • Some ideas are so commonsensical that government is the last to adopt them.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The film is full of such commonsensical insights about people and their affairs.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
Definition of commonsensical
Adjective
  • Trump taking the country to war with Iran, in part at the urging of his pal Bibi — without any sensible plan, debate, sanction from Congress or consideration as to how this might hurt Americans already struggling to make ends meet.
    — Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
  • Google says the update will roll out over the coming days and weeks, but updating manually is sensible and easy.
    — Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of sensible
Adjective
  • Part of what’s at work is a reasonable desire to give a party with more than its share of grizzled congressional veterans a jolt of youthful energy.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • This week prosecutors need only demonstrate that there are reasonable grounds to believe Robinson killed Kirk.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
Definition of reasonable

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