[im.per.son.al] adj [ME, fr. LL impersonalis, fr. L in- + LL personalis personal] (15c) 1 a: denoting the verbal action of an unspecified agent and hence used with no expressed subject (as methinks) or with a merely formal subject (as rained in it rained) b of a pronoun: indefinite
2. a: having no personal reference or connection "~ criticism" b: not engaging the human personality or emotions "the machine as compared with the hand tool is an ~ agency --John Dewey" c: not existing as a person: not having human qualities or characteristics -- im.per.son.al.i.ty n -- im.per.son.al.ly adv