impersonal

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But the technology can also make basic factual mistakes in reviews, expose sensitive information, exaggerate praise or criticism, or come off as generic and impersonal, undermining the boss’s relationship with the employee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Sophie is concerned that interactions between boys and girls are distant and impersonal in Ben's peer group.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2025

History is driven not only by vast impersonal forces like geography and economics but also by contingency, that is, the individual actions of men and women.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025

“The conventional medical industry can feel really sterile and impersonal, as much as it is incredible in what it’s able to accomplish,” Debnam-Carey says.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

It was as though by keeping this room impersonal, by not importing her intimate belongings but leaving them mingled with those of her husband, she lessened the offense of not sharing his quarters.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote