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impersonal
1. adj. Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. –Sir J. Stephen.
2. adj. Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.
She sounded impersonal as she gave her report of the Nazi death camps.
3. adj. (grammar, of a verb or other word) Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.
The verb “rain” is impersonal in sentences like “It’s raining.”

Example Sentences

It was impersonal like all cities.

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