: 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.
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That absence of a decent character makes what happens cold and soulless.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
In contrast to the soulless 2010 remake, allusions to the original film are done with care so that something like Julie (Tracy Middendorf) getting pulled onto the ceiling feels as shocking as the moment that inspired it a decade prior.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Like other major 1990s chains that seemed like soulless outsiders in the Giuliani years — Barnes & Noble or Bed Bath & Beyond — Starbucks had become part of the scenery.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2025
Slightly Stoopid wannabes, even more soulless.
—David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
In contrast to the soulless 2010 remake, allusions to the original film are done with care so that something like Julie (Tracy Middendorf) getting pulled onto the ceiling feels as shocking as the moment that inspired it a decade prior.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Like other major 1990s chains that seemed like soulless outsiders in the Giuliani years — Barnes & Noble or Bed Bath & Beyond — Starbucks had become part of the scenery.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2025
Slightly Stoopid wannabes, even more soulless.
—David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Soulless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soulless. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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soulless
adverb
soul·less
ˈsōl-ləs 
: having no soul or no greatness or nobleness of mind or feeling
soullessly
adverb
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