hard-heartedness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard-heartedness
Noun
  • Related: ‘Neglected diseases’ are anything but neglected by the billion-plus people living with them One possible reason for this obduracy is that noma begins as a dental disease, and dental diseases have long been underappreciated global health concerns.
    John Button, STAT, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Andreas blames the obduracy of U.S. politicians and bureaucrats for the persistence of the drug wars, despite their evident failure and their huge financial and human costs.
    Russell Crandall, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
Noun
  • Reynolds lends a hardness to Masha, at once bitter and comic, and her leading of a game of bingo at the play’s resolution restores some dark humor just as tragedy is about to strike.
    Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Objects of varying size, shape and hardness were manipulated.
    Erico Guizzo, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Oct. 2016
Noun
  • Only today are the costs of our apathy fully apparent.
    Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Symptoms include depression, disinterest in the job, listlessness, apathy, insomnia, stomach upset, headache and dizziness.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Hard-heartedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-heartedness. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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