: having no soul or no greatness or warmth of mind or feeling
soullessly
adverb
soullessness
noun
Synonyms
- affectless
- callous
- case-hardened
- cold-blooded
- compassionless
- desensitized
- hard
- hard-boiled
- hard-hearted
- heartless
- indurate
- inhuman
- inhumane
- insensate
- insensitive
- ironhearted
- merciless
- obdurate
- pachydermatous
- pitiless
- remorseless
- ruthless
- slash-and-burn
- stony
- stoney
- stonyhearted
- take-no-prisoners
- thick-skinned
- uncharitable
- unfeeling
- unmerciful
- unsparing
- unsympathetic
Examples of soulless in a Sentence
a government run by soulless bureaucrats
These companies are heartless, soulless, money-making machines.
The houses in the new development are completely soulless.
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Like many of us in modern society, Mary-Anne is stuck in a soulless gig economy that offers very few ladders toward upward mobility.
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Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 13 Jan. 2025
Herr Knock is retreating madly away from the camera, just prattling on, dancing maybe, soulless, gone.
—Wesley Morris, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Many professionals prefer to work for companies that align with their values and offer a sense of purpose rather than for a soulless corporation.
—Abdo Riani, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
But overall, Last Knight is the most soulless, video-game-esque Transformers movie.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
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Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 13 Jan. 2025
Herr Knock is retreating madly away from the camera, just prattling on, dancing maybe, soulless, gone.
—Wesley Morris, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Many professionals prefer to work for companies that align with their values and offer a sense of purpose rather than for a soulless corporation.
—Abdo Riani, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
But overall, Last Knight is the most soulless, video-game-esque Transformers movie.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Soulless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soulless. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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soulless
adverb
soul·less
ˈsōl-ləs 
: having no soul or no greatness or nobleness of mind or feeling
soullessly
adverb
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