soulless

adjective

soul·​less ˈsōl-ləs 

: 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.

Recent Examples on the Web

But trying to tell the wide-eyed students that trees are soulless breaks Janine’s determination to remain pragmatic. —Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025

So is the problem with public education that schools have become anodyne and antiseptic, focused on pedagogy over content knowledge and love of reading books, soulless and viewless? —Ryan Craig, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025

Though Chicago has long been home to some of the country’s finer record emporiums, the past several years witnessed a mini-boom of destinations for music lovers who want to enjoy more than a soulless stream or algorithm-triggered TikTok clip. —Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025

It should be replaced with a sprawling, soulless contrivance. —Noah Rothman, National Review, 3 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

soulless

adverb

soul·​less ˈsōl-ləs 

: having no soul or no greatness or nobleness of mind or feeling

soullessly adverb