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unfeeling
[ uhn-fee-ling ]
adjective
- not feeling; devoid of feeling; insensible or insensate.
Synonyms: numb
- unsympathetic; callous:
an intelligent but unfeeling man.
Synonyms: hardhearted
Antonyms: sympathetic
unfeeling
/ ʌnˈfiːlɪŋ /
adjective
- without sympathy; callous
- without physical feeling or sensation
Derived Forms
- unˈfeelingly, adverb
- unˈfeelingness, noun
Other Words From
- un·feeling·ly adverb
- un·feeling·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of unfeeling1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
A number of clearly partisan studies have suggested that cats are unfeeling and sociopathic.
Question those taking on the mantle of victimhood and you are immediately cast as some kind of aggressive, unfeeling oppressor.
Romney spoke about it in a way that struck Prouty as disingenuous and unfeeling, and he got mad.
He is sometimes stern, and appears unfeeling, but you know that in the main he has a kind heart.
Like that unknown mother, she too had become a houseless wanderer, seeking for a home and shelter from a hard unfeeling world.
As regards money, from the moment I left Russia I have not ceased to reproach myself for my unfeeling egotism.
He added, with an unfeeling jibe, that he wouldn't like the reading of the letter himself.
It was critical, curious, more than a little unfeeling—and relentlessly illuminating.
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