Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an unfeeling or cruel manner.
- Without perception or comprehension.
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- adverb In an
unfeeling manner; withoutconcern orregard for feelings.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb without compassionate feelings
- adverb in a callous way
Etymologies
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Examples
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Of not turning into a dead-eyed zombie, stumbling unfeelingly through life.
At the Outfitters Still…Getting Ready for 2010 « Looking for Roots 2009
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In place of the conventional image of Olmsted as idealistic social reformer, he portrays an imperious and disagreeable workaholic, who repeatedly transplanted his family as unfeelingly as he would any sapling.
Meaning In a Meadow Michael J. Lewis 2011
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It's important not to just toss the old overboard carelessly and unfeelingly because this would fail to honor the part it played in your life at the time.
William Horden: Inner Activism: 3 Tricks To Starting Over 2010
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Yes in vain might we search our vocabulary and be disappointed still in finding language that would express in proper terms the baseness of this principle, that would describe the polluted heart of him or hear who could thus unfeelingly and without a fear reduce inch by inch an innocent being to the lowest grades of degradation.
Letter from Mary Houston to Young John Allen,September 14, 1855 2008
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Hoarders who are suddenly and unfeelingly stripped of their possessions -- whether they be grand pianos or gum wrappers -- may become suicidal.
Book World: Carolyn See reviews 'Stuff,' by Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee 2010
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Besides, a little vacation never hurt anyone, the lawyer concluded unfeelingly.
Sudden Rain Maritta Wolff 2009
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Even now, the wind blew unfeelingly over him as he lay scanning with the binoculars.
Polar Bear 2009
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Even my friends allow, and that I have found a rare thing, that he has behaved badly towards me, and, to my mind, unfeelingly towards the memory of Keats.
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She was now wholly confirmed that he had wronged her with Mr Delvile; she could not have two enemies so malignant without provocation, and he who so unfeelingly could dissolve a union at the very altar, could alone have the baseness to calumniate her so cruelly.
Cecilia 2008
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Accident, by throwing into my hands this last letter to the uncle whose goodness you have most unwarrantably and unfeelingly abused, has given birth to an investigation, by which I have arrived at the discovery of the long course of rapacity by which you have pillaged from the same source.
Camilla 2008
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