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as in ruthless
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings
gave the homeless people on the street only an unfeeling glance
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as in numb
lacking in sensation or feeling
her heart was as cold and hard as the unfeeling marble statue in her garden
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as in inanimate
lacking animate awareness or sensation
she spoke politely even to the unfeeling virtual assistant on her phone
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Recent Examples of unfeeling
But as the film unspools and Agent Smith comes face to face with Neo and his master Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), Weaving begins showing signs that this AI is not so unfeeling, not so unbothered after all.
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Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
Theirs is a vast and unfeeling appetite for reassurance, and it must not be given room to grow.
—Harper's BAZAAR, 27 June 2023
They are portrayed as autocratic, deaf, unfeeling, self-interested, single-minded, corporatized, and more.
—David Rosowsky, Forbes, 4 May 2023
Evmenova saw the position of someone like Marchenko, the city’s mayor, who had evacuated in the spring, as hypocritical and unfeeling.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
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Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
Theirs is a vast and unfeeling appetite for reassurance, and it must not be given room to grow.
—Harper's BAZAAR, 27 June 2023
They are portrayed as autocratic, deaf, unfeeling, self-interested, single-minded, corporatized, and more.
—David Rosowsky, Forbes, 4 May 2023
Evmenova saw the position of someone like Marchenko, the city’s mayor, who had evacuated in the spring, as hypocritical and unfeeling.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfeeling
Adjective
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Whoever sells the most wins a car; whoever sells the least is out of a job – a ruthless environment where each character will do anything to come out on top.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
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However, his plans to go straight are threatened when his final heist spirals out of control, pulling him into a deadly game of survival against ruthless criminals—including the unhinged Bats (Jamie Foxx) and the wild coupling of Buddy (Jon Hamm) and Darling (Eiza González).—
Travis Bean,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Samuel has Raynaud’s syndrome, a condition in which blood vessel spasms cause your hands, feet, or other body parts to feel numb and turn colors in cold weather.—
Cindy Kuzma,
SELF,
3 Mar. 2025
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But fear is a concept that floats somewhere beyond your immediate reach, like that numb hand lying naked in the snow.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
19 Feb. 2025
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That’s why horror movies often have these inanimate emblems that are so terrifying.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Feb. 2025
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Celebrate by having a relaxing bath with your favorite inanimate waterfowl.—
Rosalind Bowling,
The Tennessean,
20 Dec. 2024
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Back then, residents of the burgeoning Los Angeles area had no idea a merciless killer was lurking in their midst until Feb. 2, 1928, when the headless, naked body of a teenage boy was found in a ditch on a dusty road near the sleepy suburb of La Puente.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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The draft being held in Pittsburgh meant the Flyers were subject to merciless booing.—
Joshua Kloke,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The victim was unconscious and had bruises on his face and body when the couple dropped him at Downstate Medical Center in East Flatbush Saturday.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
10 Mar. 2025
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According to local newspaper The Korea Times, Wheesung was discovered unconscious in his apartment in Seoul’s northern Gwangjin-gu district at 6:29 p.m.—
Patrick Brzeski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Sam Teicher, chief reef officer at Coral Vita, emphasized in an email interview that decades of degradation have wiped out at least 80% of the Bahamas' coral reefs, a crisis exacerbated by events like Hurricane Dorian and the spread of stony coral tissue loss disease.—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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There was some stony silence that seemed to annoy Trump.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
8 Mar. 2025
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In a video posted on March 4, which has already been viewed 1.5 million times, a three-day-old Alex lies fast asleep in his owner's arms, taking a nap in the sun.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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The victims' roommates have said all the occupants of the rental house near the University of Idaho campus were home and asleep or in their rooms by 4 a.m. on Nov. 13, 2022.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA TODAY,
7 Mar. 2025
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The brain, like other internal organs, is insensate, its lack of sensory receptors attested by videos of virtuoso violinists who play on unfazed as neurosurgeons go to work inside their skulls.—
Matthew Ponsford,
WIRED,
19 Sep. 2024
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But states have used midazolam alone — and at much higher doses — in executions since 2013, claiming the drug will render people insensate to pain before the administration of other lethal injection drugs.—
Lauren Gill,
ProPublica,
29 Apr. 2023
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“Unfeeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfeeling. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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