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Recent Examples of unaffectionate
But in conversations with his long-suffering wife Louisa and his stern mother Abigail Adams, a less noble side of the man is laid bare: absentee husband, cold, unaffectionate father and inflexible, unlikable politician.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2020
Seward says Diana told her about her ex-husband's unaffectionate childhood with parents Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 21 Sep. 2020
Kyung, a Korean-American, grew up financially comfortable — surrounded by tutors, music lessons and other markers of success — but in loveless, unaffectionate surroundings.
—Joumana Khatib, New York Times, 11 May 2017
Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2020
Seward says Diana told her about her ex-husband's unaffectionate childhood with parents Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 21 Sep. 2020
Kyung, a Korean-American, grew up financially comfortable — surrounded by tutors, music lessons and other markers of success — but in loveless, unaffectionate surroundings.
—Joumana Khatib, New York Times, 11 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaffectionate
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And at its head, always, sits Adele’s husband Caesar (Tommaso Ragno), a stern but not unloving patriarch with the sonorous voice of a man used to being obeyed, who runs the local one-room school where all of his kids, bar his youngest, sickly infant, are taught the same lessons regardless of age.Jessica Kiang, Variety, 2 Sep. 2024
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Money notwithstanding, another possible explanation for the Fletcher kids’ unhappiness as adults is that their parents were simply bad parents, distant and unloving.Adelle Waldman, The Atlantic, 9 July 2024
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In his 1986 work Talent, David Robbins depicted the ’80s artist as a less aloof and rarefied figure than his bohemian predecessors, with a career rather than a calling.Natasha Degen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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Her compatriots found her aloof, and some wanted to hurt her.Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
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Trump's appearance also highlighted a key talking point, the assumption that Harris is unwilling to do interviews to discuss her record with unfriendly media.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Constant exposure to the unfriendly and immunosuppressive environment around the tumor impairs white blood T cells and forces them into an exhausted, dysfunctional state.William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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The risk, of course, is that the North Koreans will learn what those Russian marines learned recently: that their commanders are cruel, ignorant or both—and that following stupid orders from uncaring officers is bad for your health.David Axe, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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This urgent and necessary documentary makes plain the obvious evil of an uncaring government that insists on gaining full control of the bodies of its people, unmoved by the pain that follows.Jourdain Searles, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024
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Trump might be unaware of this or indifferent to it.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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Zala’s frantic search for her son becomes the gateway to a sprawling account of a community in crisis and a Black family confronted with an indifferent police force and hostile national media.Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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Untouched and uninterested, the toy just took up space in the home.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Burton is often criticized, rightly, for seeming uninterested in human beings.Will Leitch, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
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Peyser covered the high-profile trial for the Post as a columnist, spending every day in court in order to produce a series of ruthless front-page takes about the Stewart scandal.David Mack, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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The standoff between Blanche’s impractical aestheticism and Stanley’s ruthless pragmatism is the heart of this quintessentially American drama.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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This fall, a 16-foot-tall pigeon — its chest puffed out proudly, head high, not down pecking at some errant pizza crust, its pitiless red-eye gaze looking out over the traffic — will alight on the spur of the High Line that bridges Tenth Avenue at 30th Street.Carl Swanson, Curbed, 31 July 2024
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Drugged, kidnapped, and manacled while a pitiless killer wears her face.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 11 July 2024
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“Unaffectionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaffectionate. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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