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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
They are portrayed as autocratic, deaf, unfeeling, self-interested, single-minded, corporatized, and more.
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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
Many people agree with Warren that economic analysis can be bloodless—cold, unfeeling, and unacceptably technocratic.
—Cass R. Sunstein, The New York Review of Books, 7 Oct. 2022
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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
Many people agree with Warren that economic analysis can be bloodless—cold, unfeeling, and unacceptably technocratic.
—Cass R. Sunstein, The New York Review of Books, 7 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfeeling
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Peyser covered the high-profile trial for the Post as a columnist, spending every day in court in order to produce a series of ruthless front-page takes about the Stewart scandal.David Mack, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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The standoff between Blanche’s impractical aestheticism and Stanley’s ruthless pragmatism is the heart of this quintessentially American drama.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Cold restricts blood circulation to numb pain and reduce bruising.Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2024
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Handling and steering were neither numb nor abrupt, and the single foot brake stopped me quickly.Josh Max, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Reserve disinfecting products for inanimate surfaces only.Michele Cohen Marill, WIRED, 28 Apr. 2020
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There’s even been a slew of inanimate prom dates across the US, where students are ditching corsages in favor of cardboard: choosing instead to lug around scale-accurate depictions of Michael B. Jordan, Bernie Sanders and Danny DeVitto.Leah Dolan, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
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Their idea involved merciless kills, a chainsaw, a group of youths and a homicidal family with a craving for human flesh; all set against the backdrop of a sunny, countryside day giving way to a nightmarish evening.Sydney Bishop, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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For most of them, the rigors of fighting on the eastern front only increased the value of fighting a merciless war—Hitler's war.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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Mercury in Sagittarius is igniting your 12th house of closure, healing and unconscious patterns, pushing you to do some serious soul-searching.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Foster this by offering regular training on unconscious bias and media ethics, as well as establishing ongoing feedback loops that give employees a voice.Kristelle Beecher, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Some trails that probe this stony playground are Granite Gardens, Constellation, Centennial and Watson Lake Loop.Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
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In the wild, Atlantic pillar corals suffered a 97% decline in Florida between 2015-2024, primarily from the stony coral disease.Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
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According to the scholar Maria Tatar, these were folktales shared among adults after hours, while the children were asleep.Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Her cellmate was asleep on the top bunk as Upton paced and looked out of the cell door’s window.Christopher Damien, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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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 21 Nov. 2024.
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