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Impassionate

Impassionate \Im*pas"sion*ate\, a. Strongly affected.
--Smart.

Impassionate

Impassionate \Im*pas"sion*ate\, v. t. To affect powerfully; to arouse the passions of.
--Dr. H. More.

Impassionate

Impassionate \Im*pas"sion*ate\, a. [Pref. im- not + passionate.] Without passion or feeling.
--Burton.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
impassionate

"free from passion," 1620s, from in- (1) "not" + passionate. Related: Impassionately.

Usage examples of "impassionate".

Even Blachloch raised his hooded head from the game of cards he was playing with some of his men, regarding the group with a cold, impassionate stare.

And always the cold, impassionate eyes of the warlock stared at him from the shadows of the black hood, watching him for the least sign of weakness, of hesitation or resistance.

From the side of the road, Kozak watched with cold and impassionate eyes as two soldiers from her first platoon carefully laid the charred and shredded body of her battalion commander on a poncho.

It was the most emotion I had ever seen from the impassionate little Kobold.