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Recent Examples of callousness
Hantz was turning callousness into spectacle and many viewers were hungry for it.
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Shaan Merchant, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026
Our chance to take corrective action was lost by our callousness.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Antisocial personality includes a persistent pattern of traits such as callousness, lack of concern, deceitfulness, and irresponsibility, Ryan said.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026
Our society seems to be spiraling into a vortex of callousness, ignorance, cynicism, violence, intolerance, and hate.
—Rabbi Dan Levin, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2026
There’s another nice juxtaposition in this episode, this time highlighting Robby’s callousness.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
The killing in the woods of Knoxville demonstrated a brutality and callousness rarely seen in a woman, let alone one so young.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
Kroshunov's daughter, Ilana Korshunov, expressed shock at the callousness of the driver.
—Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
That means uprooting institutionalized callousness and redefining what counts as efficiency, innovation and value.
—Valerie L. Myers, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2026
Shaan Merchant, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026
Our chance to take corrective action was lost by our callousness.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Antisocial personality includes a persistent pattern of traits such as callousness, lack of concern, deceitfulness, and irresponsibility, Ryan said.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026
Our society seems to be spiraling into a vortex of callousness, ignorance, cynicism, violence, intolerance, and hate.
—Rabbi Dan Levin, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2026
There’s another nice juxtaposition in this episode, this time highlighting Robby’s callousness.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
The killing in the woods of Knoxville demonstrated a brutality and callousness rarely seen in a woman, let alone one so young.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
Kroshunov's daughter, Ilana Korshunov, expressed shock at the callousness of the driver.
—Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
That means uprooting institutionalized callousness and redefining what counts as efficiency, innovation and value.
—Valerie L. Myers, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for callousness
Noun
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These young graduates start out naive about the heartlessness of the corporate world and harbor illusory hopes for success in unforgiving professions.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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The lives of the two children in the story, aged fourteen and four, are portrayed as being as fleeting as the fireflies, and the story is an unsentimental and unflinching account with moments of both tenderness and heartlessness.—
Ginny Tapley Takemori
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The record has always been looked at as the black sheep of the two albums, the more experimental foray that embraced the coldness of synths on a stylistic side quest.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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When Charles was set to come face to face with one of the brightest, youngest faces of American politics, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, he was met with only a coldness and reminder of the crimes of British imperialism.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Directness is often confused with insensitivity.—
Jonathan Alpert OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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The majority reported being treated rudely by providers, insensitivity regarding modesty requirements, or having their pain disregarded.—
Anisah Bagasra,
The Conversation,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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China has gained, not suffered, from this obduracy.—
JONATHAN A. CZIN,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Nov. 2025
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Related: ‘Neglected diseases’ are anything but neglected by the billion-plus people living with them One possible reason for this obduracy is that noma begins as a dental disease, and dental diseases have long been underappreciated global health concerns.—
John Button,
STAT,
16 Dec. 2023
Noun
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Minerals like calcium and magnesium can cling to the surface over time, especially in areas with high water hardness.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
25 May 2026
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Load size, water hardness, soil level and machine type all affect how much detergent your laundry actually needs per load.—
Ryan Brennan
May 14,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2026
Noun
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The 17-year-old mother, named for a callosity near her blowhole that looks like a snow cone, no longer had the same girth or the dark black skin of a healthy right whale.—
David Abel,
BostonGlobe.com,
30 Sep. 2022
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The callosity patterns, like fingerprints, are unique to each whale, allowing researchers who have pored over whale catalogue photos to recognize plenty in the wild.—
Dino Grandoni,
Anchorage Daily News,
22 Apr. 2022
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“Callousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callousness. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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