soulless

American  

[sohl-lis] / ˈsoʊl lɪs /

adjective

1. without a soul.

2. lacking in nobility of soul, as persons; without spirit or courage.

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soulless British  

/ ˈsəʊllɪs /

adjective

1. lacking any humanizing qualities or influences; dead; mechanical

   soulless work

2. (of a person) lacking in sensitivity or nobility

3. heartless; cruel

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Other Word Forms

• soullessly adverb
• soullessness noun

Etymology

Origin of soulless

First recorded in 1545–55; soul + -less

Example Sentences

Hence the importance of prompt engineering, or how to extract the best from these soulless but amazingly powerful association engines.

From The Wall Street Journal

The only thing I don’t love about Taix is that its owners are tearing it down to erect soulless condos.

From Los Angeles Times

If you can’t, leave before you are reduced to a soulless husk of the eager, happy person who walked into that chamber a decade ago.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sharma has meanwhile said she will not look to "flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop" in her new role.

From BBC

To him we’d never be anything but a faceless, soulless pack of workers.

From Literature

Related Words

• heartless