adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
General-American:/ɪmˈpɝsənəl/
/ɪmˈpɜː.sn̩.ɫ̩/Northern England English, Syllabic post-schwa consonants
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:IH2 M P ER1 S AH0 N AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
She sounded impersonal as she gave her report of the Nazi death camps.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
