as in ruthless
not feeling or showing concern for someone or something
She has an uncaring attitude toward her schoolwork. He is a cold and uncaring man.
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Recent Examples of uncaring
Well, Reg would have said that the real athletes were the tiny cohort of humans who subjected themselves to ferrets being put in this uncaring and potentially cruel situation.
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Lisa Chase, Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2024
And yet all too often, governments have refused to fix them, whether because powerful economic interests benefit from cheap labor or because officials fear appearing uncaring or xenophobic.
—Fareed Zakaria, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016
Lately, she’s started taking steps to protect herself from the heat — and uncaring employers.
—Niko Kommenda, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
Some messages lambasted the school system as disrespectful and uncaring.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2024
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Lisa Chase, Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2024
And yet all too often, governments have refused to fix them, whether because powerful economic interests benefit from cheap labor or because officials fear appearing uncaring or xenophobic.
—Fareed Zakaria, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016
Lately, she’s started taking steps to protect herself from the heat — and uncaring employers.
—Niko Kommenda, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
Some messages lambasted the school system as disrespectful and uncaring.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for uncaring
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncaring
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The lawyer who normally practices in New York is gregarious, quick with a joke and always happy to talk to the media, but can be ruthless in cross-examination.—
Andrew Dalton,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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City are going through some stuff, Arsenal aren’t ruthless enough, Chelsea are wobbling, teams will figure out how to beat Nottingham Forest soon enough, Newcastle are the form team now but are an Alexander Isak injury away from trouble.—
Carl Anka,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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The funniest movie ever made about the experience of being snubbed for an Oscar nomination, For Your Consideration found Christopher Guest and company moving away from their patented mockumentary format for this hilarious and merciless satire.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
22 Jan. 2025
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But some part of her yearns to be merciless—to make all these women confess.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Analysis found the samples were ordinary chondrites, the most common type of stony meteorite found on Earth, accounting for about 86 percent of all space rocks recovered.—
Julian Dossett,
Space.com,
21 Jan. 2025
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Netanyahu is far more popular in Israel now than before the war and the Egyptian leader, who has viciously persecuted its parent organization, the global Muslim Brotherhood, has been reprieved by Western creditors in reward for maintaining a stony silence over Gaza.—
Max Rodenbeck,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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Perhaps a bored retiree at home one New Year’s Eve will spot thoughtless kids shooting off fireworks one year.—
Penny Abeywardena,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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The hearing swung from thoughtless to scandalous when one representative suggested that the murderous hawk was a better mascot for Planned Parenthood than for New Hampshire.—
Casey Cep,
The New Yorker,
28 Dec. 2024
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“Uncaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncaring. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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