Definition of soulless
:having no soul or no greatness or warmth of mind or feeling
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soullessly
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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 of soulless from the Web
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George RR Martin seems to have baked in an olive branch for outsiders wading into Westeros waters late: a certain soulless, frigid, nightmarish species.
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Both their heroic vulnerabilities and the franchise’s weaknesses are superseded by the collective and the joy of watching a super-sensed, ultra-strong, bulletproof, luminous fist-wielding foursome smash soulless corporate henchmen into smithereens.
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Theirs might well end up being a soulless existence in the land of too many teams and not enough attention.
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But not everything has to be a soulless retread like Fuller House or (whispers) Arrested Development.
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Where other cities fall into soulless trend cycles, Chicago has a way of generating distinctively personal restaurants.
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Pete’s expression is frozen while the rest of his body dances about, making him look like some kind of soulless 1950s toy. 1.
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But the real telling part and the window into this soulless presidency comes in two telling quotes from Von DoucheFace.
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The man does double bass flurries that knock the wind out of your lungs, and the rest of the percussion is precise without being soulless — all the while spinning sticks and flailing about.
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First Known Use of soulless
15th century
soulless Synonyms
Synonyms
affectless, callous, case-hardened, cold-blooded, compassionless, desensitized, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, heartless, indurate, inhuman, inhumane, insensate, insensitive, ironhearted, merciless, obdurate, pachydermatous, pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, slash-and-burn, hard, stony (also stoney), stonyhearted, take-no-prisoners, thick-skinned, uncharitable, unfeeling, unmerciful, unsparing, unsympatheticAntonyms
charitable, compassionate, humane, kindhearted, kindly, merciful, sensitive, softhearted, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, warm, warmheartedRelated Words
boorish, heedless, inconsiderate, thoughtless, uncaring, unfriendly, unloving, unthinking; grim, hard-bitten, harsh, heavy-handed, ironfisted, ironhanded, jackbooted, knock-down, drag-out (or knock-down-and-drag-out), oppressive, rough, rough-and-tumble, severe, sledgehammer, stern, tough, ungentle; abusive, acrimonious, disagreeable, hateful, ill-natured, ill-tempered, malevolent, malicious, mean, rancorous, spiteful, surly, virulent; barbarous, bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, evil-minded, savage, vicious; austere, cold, frostyNear Antonyms
benevolent, benignant, gentle, kind; clement, indulgent, lenient, mild; cordial, friendly, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious; tolerant, understanding; affectionate, fond, lovingSOULLESS Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of soulless for English Language Learners
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: not having or showing any of the qualities and feelings (such as sympathy and kindness) that make people appealing
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: having or showing no special or interesting qualities
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