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im·per·son·al Listen to audio/ɪmˈpɚsənəl/ adjective
1 [more impersonal; most impersonal] a : having or showing no interest in individual people or their feelings : lacking emotional warmth
cold, impersonal cities a giant impersonal corporation
b : not relating to or influenced by personal feelings
We discussed the weather and other impersonal topics. He maintained an impersonal, professional attitude.
2 grammar : having no specified subject or no subject other than it
Rained in it rained is an impersonal verb. an impersonal sentence/construction
— im·per·son·al·ly Listen to audio /ɪmˈpɚsənəli/ adverb
They were treated impersonally.

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