impersonal

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Cold and unfriendly; not showing warmth or feeling.

   The hotel staff were efficient but impersonal, barely making eye contact.

2. 2
   adj

   Not aimed at or connected to any particular person.

   He gave an impersonal criticism that applied to the whole team.

3. 3
   adj

   In grammar, having no real subject, like the verb in "It's raining."

   The verb "rain" is impersonal in sentences like "It's raining."

From French impersonnel, from Latin impersōnālis, from im- (“not”) + persōnālis (“personal”), equivalent to im- + personal.

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