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Recent Examples of uncompassionate
For example, very low compassion was rare in both men and women, but the few people who identified as very uncompassionate were much more likely to be men.
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Scientific American, 31 Jan. 2022
An uncompassionate person reading Kafka would simply give up.
—David Means, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019
Storr argues that this uncompassionate edge of self-esteemery dovetails with the economic ideas of Ayn Rand and the competitive individualism of her followers in neoliberal politics.
—Anthony Gottlieb, New York Times, 21 June 2018
Scientific American, 31 Jan. 2022
An uncompassionate person reading Kafka would simply give up.
—David Means, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019
Storr argues that this uncompassionate edge of self-esteemery dovetails with the economic ideas of Ayn Rand and the competitive individualism of her followers in neoliberal politics.
—Anthony Gottlieb, New York Times, 21 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncompassionate
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Adult human beings—even the callous, tone-deaf, emotionally immature ones—demonstrate an understanding of death that is remarkable in its sophistication.Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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Prosecutors painted a picture of callous enablement that eventually ended in Perry’s tragic demise.Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
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Meredith Hagner — so great at playing dumb on Search Party — is a riot as the much younger grieving widow, joined by Michelle Monaghan as an erratic old flame of Yancy’s, Rob Delaney as a heartless resort developer and Zach Braff as a pill-popping doctor.Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 13 Aug. 2024
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Katzenberg bought a script called 3,000, a dark story about a softhearted prostitute and a heartless businessman.Jeanie Kasindorf, Vulture, 10 July 2024
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Playing the 81-year-old president as aghast, confused, and inarticulate could easily amount to an unkind impersonation, but in Carvey’s masterful hands, there is zero heightening — only dead-on accuracy.Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
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Interacting with family that hurt him in the past is likely triggering, but some of his behavior goes beyond self-protective and has become unkind.R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
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This soaring exploration of generational trauma starts with Star, a survivor of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre, who’s forced to speak English and practice Christianity by the man who goes on to found the notoriously cruel Carlisle Indian Industrial School.Lizz Schumer, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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But at times, there’s a defensive, slightly cruel streak to his patter that can eclipse his better angels (of which there are many) and test the goodwill of those around him.Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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If these ranches and farms go, we will be forced to choose inhumane and environmentally poisonous factory farms.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
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The only way to re-enter would be illegally by land, in conditions that are dangerous and inhumane.Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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The author renders the four-year-old Margaret’s inner life with sensitive complexity, depicting an alert child logic that defies adults’ view of her as slow and unfeeling.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
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That’s because for decades, reptiles have been characterized as cold, unfeeling, and even primitive creatures.Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
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Scott, likewise, packs his divisive prequels, Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, with a bunch of disposable and largely unsympathetic numbskulls.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2024
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But many of these same Americans remain oblivious or unsympathetic to the continuing horrors faced by the refugees arriving at their own shores.Ana Raquel Minian, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2022
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Damien Leone’s ongoing saga about the sadistic murderer Art the Clown continues to defy expectations by raking in huge box-office receipts on small budgets, with much of the success coming from the series’ reputation for nauseating practical effects.Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2024
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As an introductory experience that transitions visitors from the mortal realm to the netherworld of Jimmy Fallon’s sadistic dreams, this sequence feels directly inspired by the famous Stretching Room in the Haunted Mansion.Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Uncompassionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncompassionate. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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