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as in ruthless
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings
gave the homeless people on the street only an unfeeling glance
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as in numb
lacking in sensation or feeling
her heart was as cold and hard as the unfeeling marble statue in her garden
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as in inanimate
lacking animate awareness or sensation
she spoke politely even to the unfeeling virtual assistant on her phone
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Recent Examples of unfeeling
Theirs is a vast and unfeeling appetite for reassurance, and it must not be given room to grow.
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Harper's BAZAAR, 27 June 2023
They are portrayed as autocratic, deaf, unfeeling, self-interested, single-minded, corporatized, and more.
—David Rosowsky, Forbes, 4 May 2023
Evmenova saw the position of someone like Marchenko, the city’s mayor, who had evacuated in the spring, as hypocritical and unfeeling.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
As an unfeeling hunk of metal that could unsettle even the most dedicated tech utopian, though, Spot never had a chance.
—Jess Joho, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2023
See all Example Sentences for unfeeling 
Harper's BAZAAR, 27 June 2023
They are portrayed as autocratic, deaf, unfeeling, self-interested, single-minded, corporatized, and more.
—David Rosowsky, Forbes, 4 May 2023
Evmenova saw the position of someone like Marchenko, the city’s mayor, who had evacuated in the spring, as hypocritical and unfeeling.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
As an unfeeling hunk of metal that could unsettle even the most dedicated tech utopian, though, Spot never had a chance.
—Jess Joho, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfeeling
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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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Get weather and fire alerts via text:Sign up to get current wildfire updates by location 'Everybody at this point is just numb' Jimmy Dunne, a longtime Palisades resident who raised his children in the area, was one of the lucky ones.—
Isaiah Murtaugh,
USA TODAY,
10 Jan. 2025
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After a while, the doctor becomes almost empathetically numb or oblivious to the emotional state of the next patient that comes in the door.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Celebrate by having a relaxing bath with your favorite inanimate waterfowl.—
Rosalind Bowling,
The Tennessean,
20 Dec. 2024
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Reserve disinfecting products for inanimate surfaces only.—
Michele Cohen Marill,
WIRED,
28 Apr. 2020
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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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This was one of those overdoses that had the absolute reverberation of a slow-motion, unconscious descent into self-destruction.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2025
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With the sun conjunct Pluto in Aquarius — shaking up your 12th house of closure, dreams, healing and unconscious patterns — you’re empowered with an inner knowing and deep sense of spirituality.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
21 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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Once the clock strikes 12, much of the TV audience is asleep, especially older viewers who make up the bulk of the news audience.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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This way, her team could get a fairly precise idea about the brain fluid dynamics when mice were awake and asleep.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
20 Jan. 2025
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The brain, like other internal organs, is insensate, its lack of sensory receptors attested by videos of virtuoso violinists who play on unfazed as neurosurgeons go to work inside their skulls.—
Matthew Ponsford,
WIRED,
19 Sep. 2024
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But states have used midazolam alone — and at much higher doses — in executions since 2013, claiming the drug will render people insensate to pain before the administration of other lethal injection drugs.—
Lauren Gill,
ProPublica,
29 Apr. 2023
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“Unfeeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfeeling. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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