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adjective

dispassionate

not influenced by strong emotion; rational and impartial

In a sentence

Six example sentences with dispassionate, each labelled with its topic.

  • The judge wanted a dispassionate account of the crash, so she stopped the witness whenever he described his anger.

    Law

  • Trained reviewers stay dispassionate about their own results, reading the data as though a stranger had collected it.

    Psychology

  • A dispassionate investor sells the losing position without arguing with it, which is why the fund uses fixed rules.

    Finance

  • A dispassionate review of the data showed the drug worked no better than the placebo, however much the team hoped.

    Science

  • The commission produced a dispassionate report on the election, crediting neither side and blaming a paper shortage.

    Politics

  • The dispassionate referee waved off both benches and explained the call in a single sentence.

    Basketball

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