soulless

adjective

soul·​less ˈsōl-ləs How to pronounce soulless (audio)
: having no soul or no greatness or warmth of mind or feeling
soullessly adverb
soullessness noun

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 the commercials this year felt particularly soulless, with stars tactlessly throwing their support behind different brands—some niche, some legacy—like undecided voters at a glitching Iowa caucus. Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2024 This halftime show wasn’t going to be a soulless tasting menu for the masses. Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2024 But their holiday cheer is threatened when her aunt and uncle’s quaint inn is in danger of being bought out by a soulless chain. EW.com, 24 Nov. 2023 Before the soulless cretins are shown in court as our latest national symbols of hatred and bigotry. Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024 An ensemble of notables are paraded around in this soulless period piece about a 1950s junior stargazing contest with metatextual asides. Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 5 Dec. 2023 This would all be seriously off-putting coming from a cold, soulless machine, but in the form of a buttery waffle drizzled with syrup, EggoVac is fairly disarming. Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 10 Nov. 2023 More from Cooper, on this same theme: The public, every where, is proverbially soulless. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 9 Oct. 2023 Perhaps that’s why, in a city of constant and often soulless renovation, the apartment seems like a special kind of palimpsest, a place that both adheres to and refutes its own history. Alice Newell-Hanson, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of soulless was before the 12th century

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“Soulless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soulless. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

soulless

adverb
soul·​less ˈsōl-ləs How to pronounce soulless (audio)
: having no soul or no greatness or nobleness of mind or feeling
soullessly adverb
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