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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 -
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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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
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There’s another nice juxtaposition in this episode, this time highlighting Robby’s callousness.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2026
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Something natural decay shares with human indifference and brutality—war, waste, and rot, literal and metaphorical.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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State lawmakers are considering changing the penalties for crimes in Colorado involving extreme indifference.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Tarr's reputation for films tinged with misery and hard-heartedness, distinguished by black-and-white cinematography and unusually long sequences, only grew throughout the 1990s and 2000s, particularly after his 1994 film Sátántangó.—
Alina Edwards,
NPR,
6 Jan. 2026
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This action demonstrates the president’s monumental cruelty, total lack of empathy and compassion, pathological narcissism, boundless vengefulness, abysmal ignorance and glaring immaturity.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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An animal cruelty investigation was also initiated in Denton County due to the living conditions observed involving both individuals and animals.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Coldheartedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coldheartedness. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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