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
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.
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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
They are discarded by their uncaring owners or dumped on the streets.
—Elizabeth Forel, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2024
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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
They are discarded by their uncaring owners or dumped on the streets.
—Elizabeth Forel, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncaring
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Their life is interrupted by the arrival of a group of pale, ghostly white lions, an outsider tribe of scavengers led by the ruthless Kiros (Mads Mikkelsen), looking to occupy and control this land.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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Storks Are Fascinating Beyond Their Brood Reducing Ways Despite their ruthless parenting, storks are fascinating creatures with other interesting traits.Scott Travers, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Season 2 doesn’t top the shocking novelty of the first season, made iconic by that giant mechanical girl in charge of a merciless game of red light, green light.Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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Photo: No Ju-han/Netflix Season two picks up exactly where the first left off, as Gi-hun devises a plan: track down the organizers of the game and end that merciless contest once and for all.Radhika Seth, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
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Brain coral is a hard coral, also known as a stony coral or reef builder.Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Playing the stony henchman who very gradually emits flickers of affection for his reluctant mark has brought the actor, already famous in his motherland, international visibility and a place in the awards conversation.Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2024
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Donald Trump engages in sort of thoughtless insane tariff policy that ends up in prices going up, but jobs not being created in the United States.NBC News, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
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Cash is also seen as thoughtless and low-effort, says Julian Givi, associate professor of marketing at West Virginia University.Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Uncaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncaring. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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