unfeeling

[ uhn-fee-ling ]

adjective

1. not feeling; devoid of feeling; insensible or insensate.

   Synonyms: numb

2. unsympathetic; callous:

   an intelligent but unfeeling man.

   Synonyms: hardhearted

   Antonyms: sympathetic

unfeeling

/ ʌnˈfiːlɪŋ /

adjective

1. without sympathy; callous
2. without physical feeling or sensation

Derived Forms

• unˈfeelingly, adverb
• unˈfeelingness, noun

Other Words From

• un·feeling·ly adverb
• un·feeling·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unfeeling¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English unfelende. See un- ¹, feel, -ing ²

Synonym Study

See hard.

Example Sentences

As I warned the woman who feared the onset of Alzheimer’s, it’s impossible for AI to quantify the value of a single lived moment — and the challenges that come with being human aren’t something we should be too quick to outsource to an unfeeling AI model.

From Salon

How the Trump lawyers allowed their client to animate and underscore—in real time—the picture being painted by E. Jean Carroll and her attorneys of a coarse, unfeeling, disrespectable, and uncontrollable person is beyond understanding.

From Slate

“Night Country” cinematographer Florian Hoffmeister, whose vision captured the clouded morality at work in “Tár” and the unfeeling monstrosity behind “The Terror,” finds a glow in Ennis' wide, spare landscapes and plays up the warmth and chill of artificial light to meet the mood.

From Salon

The international laws governing war are unfeeling.

From New York Times

Or is she an unfeeling sociopath?

From Los Angeles Times