unsentimental

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As would “Little Bear Ridge Road,” Samuel D. Hunter’s savagely unsentimental study of an estranged aunt and nephew picking through the wreckage of their family history.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

He is also unsentimental when it comes to upending the status quo in bookselling, including his conviction that Barnes & Noble needs to shelve fewer total books but more individual titles.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Mr. Thomas, who was age 81, had been diagnosed with glioblastoma, a fatal brain cancer he wrote about in a moving but typically unsentimental open letter published online in March 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Dangers are ever-present, but the novel is a study in unsentimental indomitability, as the hero reckons with the elements and her past on her way to a heartbreaking coda.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Fortunately, my teachers were unsentimental about their responsibility.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez