unloving

adjective

Definition of unlovingnext
1
as in unkind

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2
as in uncaring

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Recent Examples of unloving 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 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 Pushed out by an unloving foster family, our heroine bounces from one unhappy situation to another, blithely rising above a string of temporary jobs, unreliable boyfriends, and a stint of streetwalking. — Danny Horn, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unloving
  1. unkind
  2. uncaring
  3. spiteful
  4. thoughtless
  5. obnoxious
  6. inconsiderate
  7. contemptuous
  8. unthinking
Adjective
  • In the wake of this tragedy, the family has been heartbroken to see that certain individuals have chosen to profit from their grief, spreading false and unkind stories about their mother.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Our oldest is a teenager and can see the unkind things being said online.
    — Escher Walcott, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of unkind
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  • In the beginning of the series, Ava came off as incompetent and uncaring, constantly causing problems for the Abbott Elementary teachers who liked to do things by the book.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025
  • But first, he’s got to reckon with his selfish, spoiled, uncaring nature or he may be doomed to llama life forever.
    — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of uncaring
Adjective
  • Several diss tracks followed, with the musicians hurling increasingly spiteful insults at each other relating to accusations of domestic abuse, exploitation and pedophilia.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The more spiteful Drake could smell a world of buff, misogynistic grifters taking hold and made sure to set up shop where the audience would be.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
Definition of spiteful
Adjective
  • The Twist in The Woman in the Yard Is a New Low for Trauma Horror Horror that’s really about trauma is now the norm, but there’s something particularly thoughtless about this film’s treatment of mental health.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Nor, Miss Manners uncharacteristically assures you, is making thoughtless strangers feel better.
    — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2025
Definition of thoughtless
Adjective
  • Tim, Victoria, and Piper The episode begins with an obnoxious fake-out where Tim imagines killing himself, before sending most of the Ratliffs, save Saxon, off to the monastery so Tim and Victoria can have a look around this place where their daughter intends to live for at least a year.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Does so obnoxious a movie deserve even negative attention?
    — Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of obnoxious
Adjective
  • Many Reddit users strongly supported the passenger's decision, agreeing that refusing to swap seats doesn't make someone inconsiderate.
    — Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Some guests view child-free policies as inconsiderate, while others see them as a practical choice to maintain a certain atmosphere.
    — Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Definition of inconsiderate
Adjective
  • According to an ancient Greek myth, all those who had fallen in love with the young man Narcissus were met with contemptuous rejection.
    — Abigayle Ward, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The president was also profoundly contemptuous of women, kept his true opposition to female suffrage carefully hidden, and allowed the suffragists who silently held banners outside the White House to be repeatedly attacked by mobs, beaten, and jailed.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Definition of contemptuous
Adjective
  • But Russians are also considered by their leaders as an unthinking mass that must blindly follow their leader.
    — Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2022
  • There’s the interest in Britney Spears and pop icons who had been assumed to be vacant, unthinking ingénues.
    — Brandon Tensley, CNN, 23 Dec. 2022
Definition of unthinking

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“Unloving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unloving. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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