soulless

[ sohl-lis ]

adjective

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

soulless

/ 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

Derived Forms

• ˈsoullessness, noun
• ˈsoullessly, adverb

Other Words From

• soulless·ly adverb
• soulless·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of soulless¹

First recorded in 1545–55; soul + -less

Example Sentences

It’s a few hours’ drive south in Santa Barbara, in a flat, soulless office park.

From MIT Technology Review

From the soulless labor of PowerPoint generation during her consulting career, she mastered economy of storytelling.

From MIT Technology Review

There’s a Burke proxy, too, in Garret Dillahunt’s soulless company drone, who lies to and sells out the others at every opportunity.

From The Daily Beast

Creativity could win out over efficiency, with quirky downtown tiny homes, for example, replacing soulless skyscraper apartments.

From Ozy

For a studio that has prided itself on tackling social issues and representing marginalized characters thoughtfully through rich storytelling, “Twin Mirror” is soulless.

From Washington Post

But from the anguish of soulless industrial lagers rises the emancipation of artisan brewing.

From The Daily Beast

There is certainly a lucrative yet dignified sweet spot between small time micro-brewer and soulless mass-producer.

From The Daily Beast

It's hard to say what's more terrifying—the soulless army of Stepford wives or the dead-eyed Nicole Kidman.

From The Daily Beast

They hand out brochures to potential investors that say things like “You are not dealing with a soulless corporation.”

From The Daily Beast

The county town in Guangshan looks shabby and soulless, and is surrounded by flat countryside.

From The Daily Beast

Deppe thinks Tausig played some things matchlessly, but that in others he was dry and soulless.

From Project Gutenberg

Critics tell me that it represents a soulless soul-force and that its severe discipline has made it merely mechanical.

From Project Gutenberg

For the first time he did not admire it very much; for the first time he found it a trifle soulless and vapid.

From Project Gutenberg

She flung it back too far, and the hinge, a soulless thing of cast-iron, snapped.

From Project Gutenberg

Women with soulless faces loll stolidly in the open ground-floor windows.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• heartless