impersonal
IPA: ɪmpˈɝsʌnʌɫ
noun
- (grammar) An impersonal word or construct.
adjective
- Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
- Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.
- (grammar, of a verb or other word) Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.
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Examples of "impersonal" in Sentences
- He was the impersonal and representative man.
- The downside is cost and impersonal treatment.
- The real problem is that the internet is so impersonal.
- The impersonal absolute is considered to be the supreme.
- The tone is somewhat moralistic, and not impersonal at all.
- The impersonal passive deletes the subject of an intransitive verb.
- In general, the architecture was to be either pompous and impersonal.
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