unloving
adjective
un·lov·ing
ˌən-ˈlə-viŋ 
: not loving or affectionate
an unloving spouse
unlovingly
adverb
unlovingness
noun
Examples of unloving in a Sentence
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Pushed out by an unloving foster family, our heroine bounces from one unhappy situation to another, blithely rising above a string of temporary jobs, unreliable boyfriends, and a stint of streetwalking.
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Danny Horn, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2024
Or that his fear of letting go can be traced to various traumas involving his unloving family and his loving but dead wife?
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2023
Strays tells the story of Reggie (voiced by Will Ferrell), an adorable terrier abandoned by his unloving owner.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
The season also has Sam’s father (played by Mike Hagerty, who died before filming) away on a boating trip with his brother, and Sam’s unloving, unhappy mother in a nursing home.
—Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
Daisy grows up in Los Angeles feeling hopelessly alone in the home of her wealthy but unloving parents, and as an adult is used by men, with only closeted disco singer Simone (Nabiyah Be) seeing her as a person.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2023
All this is just dirty talk to me, exotic entertainments for the unloved and unloving.
—Katherine Dunn, The New Yorker, 4 May 2020
Identifying these behaviours as fundamentally unloving is our first step to acknowledging their harmfulness.
—Janey Starling, refinery29.com, 10 Apr. 2020
As his unloving wife, Irene, Gina McKee is perfection.
—Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2018
Danny Horn, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2024
Or that his fear of letting go can be traced to various traumas involving his unloving family and his loving but dead wife?
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2023
Strays tells the story of Reggie (voiced by Will Ferrell), an adorable terrier abandoned by his unloving owner.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
The season also has Sam’s father (played by Mike Hagerty, who died before filming) away on a boating trip with his brother, and Sam’s unloving, unhappy mother in a nursing home.
—Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
Daisy grows up in Los Angeles feeling hopelessly alone in the home of her wealthy but unloving parents, and as an adult is used by men, with only closeted disco singer Simone (Nabiyah Be) seeing her as a person.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2023
All this is just dirty talk to me, exotic entertainments for the unloved and unloving.
—Katherine Dunn, The New Yorker, 4 May 2020
Identifying these behaviours as fundamentally unloving is our first step to acknowledging their harmfulness.
—Janey Starling, refinery29.com, 10 Apr. 2020
As his unloving wife, Irene, Gina McKee is perfection.
—Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2018
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“Unloving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unloving. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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