soul·less | \ ˈsōl-ləs 
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\Definition of soulless
: having no soul or no greatness or warmth of mind or feeling
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Synonyms & Antonyms for soulless
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
- (also stoney),
- stonyhearted,
- take-no-prisoners,
- thick-skinned,
- uncharitable,
- unfeeling,
- unmerciful,
- unsparing,
- unsympathetic
Antonyms
- charitable,
- compassionate,
- humane,
- kindhearted,
- kindly,
- merciful,
- sensitive,
- softhearted,
- sympathetic,
- tender,
- tenderhearted,
- warm,
- warmhearted
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.
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Recent Examples on the Web The Reatta is nearly viceless, all right, but also nearly soulless.
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Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, "Tested: 1988 Buick Reatta," 27 Nov. 2020 Ralph Ekstrand, the mayor of Farmingdale, had followed this plan to great success: the new apartments there had filled up, and Farmingdale’s Main Street, once desolate and soulless, had become a bustling hub of restaurants, bars, and shops.
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Laura Curran, The New Yorker, "How a Long Island County Fought COVID-19," 16 Nov. 2020 Otherwise, the system seems content to live life as a soulless monolith.
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Brittany Vincent, CNN Underscored, "The Xbox Series X is the best computer console owners have ever tried," 5 Nov. 2020 Empty consumerism and soulless government are the traditional two explanations for our modern alienation.
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Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, "American Life Has Gotten More Comfortable, But Less Happy," 22 Oct. 2020 More substantively, a team that on paper looks like the wild-eyed concoction of a soulless analytics lab more than passes the eye test.
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Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, "'Best in the league'? Why Tampa Bay Rays are the perfect squad for MLB's 2020 season," 22 Sep. 2020 The factory model just felt a bit too soulless for me.
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Megan Woodward, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Q&A: McDaniel College professor Jonathan Slade celebrates seventh Emmy win," 21 Sep. 2020 That Harris ran a lackluster, soulless presidential campaign which failed to connect and had no rationale has been forgotten, and forgiven.
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Rich Lowry, National Review, "When BS Happens, NR Is There for You," 15 Aug. 2020 The News has moved twice since then, first to a cavernous and soulless office building on West Thirty-third Street and Tenth Avenue, and then, in 2010, to Four New York Plaza, in lower Manhattan near the Battery.
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Tom Robbins, The New Yorker, "As Newsrooms Close Across the Country, Remembering Why They Matter," 14 Aug. 2020
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soulless
adjectiveEnglish Language Learners Definition of soulless
: not having or showing any of the qualities and feelings (such as sympathy and kindness) that make people appealing
: having or showing no special or interesting qualities
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