hard-heartedness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard-heartedness
Noun
  • 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
  • Perhaps the greatest testament to Morocco’s obduracy came late in normal time, when Rodri — a central midfielder being deployed as a central defender — strode forward and shot, more in hope than in expectation, from 35 yards.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2022
Noun
  • The hardness enables the blades to be sharpened at a much steeper angle than Western knives.
    Akiko Katayama, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
  • Barnaby is working with a team on improving radiation hardness in FinFETs.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Earlier this year, the Walmart Birkin made major rounds online, its supporters proclaiming apathy to whether a bag is real, its critics claiming apathy to the knockoff itself.
    Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The comedy follows an aspiring gay playwright who — suffering from a summer of writer’s block and apathy in his Encino apartment — embarks on a flamboyant cruise in his imagination, only to discover that his real life is falling apart around him.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
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“Hard-heartedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-heartedness. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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