uncaring

adjective

un·​car·​ing ˌən-ˈker-iŋ 

: lacking proper sympathy, concern, or interest

a cold and uncaring manner/attitude/person

an uncaring [=apathetic] attitude toward schoolwork

uncaringly adverb

uncaringness noun

Examples of uncaring in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Standing outside her Brooklyn home on Friday, a devastated Wright struggled to understand how the driver who hit her child could be so uncaring. —Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026

But dismissing public servants as lazy, overpaid or uncaring ignores the reality of the people doing the work — and undermines our ability to attract the talent needed to govern well. —John Atkinson, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026

In any lesser performance, that character could’ve hardened into a villainous fairy-tale creature, the uncaring mother who has abandoned her child for the sake of her own unnatural career ambitions. —Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026

And you’ll be known in history as the Christmas Miracle, five fragile lives tossed on the treacherous, uncaring currents of history, and the sea. —Gawon Bae, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1786, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for uncaring

• childbearing
• comparing
• declaring
• despairing
• forbearing
• impairing
• preparing
• repairing
• ridesharing
• seafaring
• timesharing
• unerring