Crossword Dictionary
unsentimental
tough-minded, unsentimental - a
facing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination
synonyms
detached, stoic, unemotional, calm, dispassionate, aloof, reserved, numb, composed, undemonstrative, indifferent, phlegmatic, emotionless, impassive, stolid
in a sentence
an unsentimental decision
She's completely unsentimental about holidays.
But for those with an open mind, the production revealed just how unsentimental about the American myth this chestnut can be.
Harbaugh made the unsentimental decision to stick with what was working.
When Jessica Fletcher first appeared, jogging the streets of Cabot Cove, tapping away on her manual typewriter and putting two and two together in that clear-headed, unsentimental way of hers, no one knew quite what to make of her.
etymology
1752, from un- (1) "not" + sentimental (adj.). Related: Unsentimentally.