as in ruthless
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings
the callous comment "It's just a fish," when the boy's pet died, made him cry
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Recent Examples of callous
The abrupt and seemingly callous manner of conducting layoffs has left many workers stunned.
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Nik Popli, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025
And Musk’s approach so far has been read by many of those most immediately affected as antagonistic, demoralizing and callous.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
The Gordons have been left deeply screwed up by their deceased father — not just callous and clueless like all the ultra-rich, but unable to maintain healthy relationships with either partners or one another.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 27 Feb. 2025
The world that the Yellowjackets know is a callous and cruel one, and of course their survivors’ guilt would steer them toward believing in an entity that would never be satisfied.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
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Nik Popli, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025
And Musk’s approach so far has been read by many of those most immediately affected as antagonistic, demoralizing and callous.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
The Gordons have been left deeply screwed up by their deceased father — not just callous and clueless like all the ultra-rich, but unable to maintain healthy relationships with either partners or one another.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 27 Feb. 2025
The world that the Yellowjackets know is a callous and cruel one, and of course their survivors’ guilt would steer them toward believing in an entity that would never be satisfied.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for callous
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“Callous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callous. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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