Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not loving; not fond; unkind.
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- adjective Not
loving .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not giving or reciprocating affection
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Examples
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That is where you stop short because you don't like the negative 'unloving' message.
billingsgazette.com 2009
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The battle between Roger and his mother dominates the novel, with the child struggling to understand the volcanic, unloving personality that fate had given him for a mother.
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By it he had been formed and hardened into the Fighting Wolf, fierce and implacable, unloving and unlovable.
Le Milieu, Le Moment, La Race: Literary Naturalism in Jack London's White Fang 2010
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When you respond to another's unloving behavior with anger, blame, resistance, withdrawal or compliance, you will likely end up feeling anxious, stressed or depressed.
Margaret Paul, Ph.D.: Who Is Responsible for Your Feelings? Ph.D. Margaret Paul 2011
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Only did he know hurt, such as any child knows under the blow of a thoughtless or unloving mother.
CHAPTER VII 2010
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These painful feelings are a source of inner guidance, letting you know that you are coming from false beliefs, and that you are being unloving to yourself.
Margaret Paul, Ph.D.: The Challenge Of Staying In Faith Ph.D. Margaret Paul 2012
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In the end, people are just people, and the only things that matter are whether they are good or bad, loving or unloving, loved or unloved.
Famous Todd Strasser 2011
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At the same time, his father was perfectionistic, cold, and unloving.
Dr. Jim Taylor: How To Raise Spoiled Brats Dr. Jim Taylor 2011
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In that moment, I went from understanding that others' unloving behavior was not about me, to feeling this truth deep within me.
Margaret Paul, Ph.D.: "If You Really Loved Me, You Wouldn't..." Ph.D. Margaret Paul 2011
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By it he had been formed and hardened into the Fighting Wolf, fierce and implacable, unloving and unlovable.
The Love-Master 2010
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