unemotional
adjective
unemotional is spelled U-N-E-M-O-T-I-O-N-A-L: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 64,400th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unemotional means “Showing little or no feeling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unemotional?
| Letters | 11: U-N-E-M-O-T-I-O-N-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 64,400th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is unemotional?
Unemotional appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 64,400th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce unemotional?
- US
Unemotional has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-unemotional.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of unemotional
- more unemotional comparative
- most unemotional superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unemotional mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Showing little or no feeling.
an unemotional person
- 2
Reasoned and objective, involving reason or intellect rather than feelings.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unemotional in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense showing no or little emotion:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | nüchtern |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.