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Recent Examples of unaffectionate
But in conversations with his long-suffering wife Louisa and his stern mother Abigail Adams, a less noble side of the man is laid bare: absentee husband, cold, unaffectionate father and inflexible, unlikable politician.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2020
Seward says Diana told her about her ex-husband's unaffectionate childhood with parents Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 21 Sep. 2020
Kyung, a Korean-American, grew up financially comfortable — surrounded by tutors, music lessons and other markers of success — but in loveless, unaffectionate surroundings.
—Joumana Khatib, New York Times, 11 May 2017
Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2020
Seward says Diana told her about her ex-husband's unaffectionate childhood with parents Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 21 Sep. 2020
Kyung, a Korean-American, grew up financially comfortable — surrounded by tutors, music lessons and other markers of success — but in loveless, unaffectionate surroundings.
—Joumana Khatib, New York Times, 11 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaffectionate
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And at its head, always, sits Adele’s husband Caesar (Tommaso Ragno), a stern but not unloving patriarch with the sonorous voice of a man used to being obeyed, who runs the local one-room school where all of his kids, bar his youngest, sickly infant, are taught the same lessons regardless of age.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2024
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Money notwithstanding, another possible explanation for the Fletcher kids’ unhappiness as adults is that their parents were simply bad parents, distant and unloving.—
Adelle Waldman,
The Atlantic,
9 July 2024
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In 1950 in Mexico City, the aloof Allerton, over at Lee’s apartment for the first time after a night of drinking, vomits into his toilet, then sits on the bed.—
Esther Zuckerman,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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One thinks of the aloof Greta Garbo who hid behind her glasses to stop interaction with fans.—
Margaret Maynard,
CNN,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The wild ocean is increasingly unfriendly to reef-building corals, as waters warm and storms become more powerful.—
Benji Jones,
Vox,
4 Feb. 2025
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Capys, who are often suspicious of interlopers like me, can also be unfriendly with members of their own species who are not part of their family group.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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His concern for his ill, homebound mother isn’t matched by his stern, uncaring father Hamit (Ercan Kesal), who spends all day elsewhere, perhaps with another woman.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2025
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The response via social media reflects frustrations that have been building among patient-consumers for decades with a healthcare ecosystem that is increasingly seen as uncaring and unresponsive.—
Rita Numerof,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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For more than 50 years, Larry, who died in 2023, remained steadfastly indifferent to journalistic convention.—
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airmail.news,
25 Jan. 2025
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That follows Butler’s previous seven-game unpaid team suspension that ended three games ago, with three largely indifferent efforts during those outings.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2025
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Clearly uninterested in retiring, Goudie said that news consumers need his brand of reporting.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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Last month, word had leaked that Golden State was apparently uninterested in trading for Butler's services.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
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Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone are delicious as the two ruthless favorites of the monarch, who try to outmaneuver each other at all costs.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2025
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The ruthless brutality by Iraq and Iran displayed the lengths to which the region’s governments were willing to go to silence the Kurds.—
Sefa Secen & Serhun Al / Made by History,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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Liu doesn’t invite a shred of sympathy for this pitiless mom.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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The story mirrors the original, following a fresh batch of desperate have-nots competing in elementary school games with a sizable fortune for the winners and pitiless execution for the losers.—
Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Unaffectionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaffectionate. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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