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kindless

adjective

Definition of kindlessnext
as in heartless

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kindless
  1. heartless
  2. pitiless
  3. uncaring
  4. hard-hearted
  5. unfeeling
  6. coldhearted
  7. brittle
  8. icy
Adjective
  • Some are heartless and move a team to make up for their failures as owners.
    — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • For more than a century, people have wondered whether Hyde was the innocent victim of an amazing set of coincidences or a heartless killer who never paid for his crimes.
    — Dan Kelly August 22, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of heartless
Adjective
  • About two months after his testimony, Pujo’s report mapped out in pitiless detail all the interrelationships between Morgan and his small network of industrialists.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Nilsson’s depiction of bodies past their prime conjures not the pitiless naturalism of Joan Semmel or Alice Neel, but something friskier, more delighted.
    — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Definition of pitiless
Adjective
  • However, his team describes Fred as a tyrant, who is uncaring and belligerent and micro-manages everything.
    — Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Other scholars, however, downplay the book’s diablerie, viewing the Pequod’s captain instead as an admirably heroic overreacher or a latter-day Prometheus facing down the gods, fate, the uncaring universe.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Definition of uncaring
Adjective
  • Yet the very readiness with which the hard-hearted General Tilney believes this account suggests that he is used to reliable reports of other people’s wealth.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
  • That makes perfect sense to all but the closed-minded or hard-hearted.
    — Jim Newton, Mercury News, 27 June 2025
Definition of hard-hearted
Adjective
  • Civilizations could have risen to their zenith and crumbled in the time our micrometeoroid spent traversing the unfeeling expanse of interplanetary space, but its demise lasted but a fraction of a second.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 21 July 2026
  • Readers can judge Jane and me, deciding that one of us was unfeeling or uncomprehending.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Definition of unfeeling
Adjective
  • One is a coldhearted killer, and the other is a manipulator.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Over the course of the following nine episodes, however, Carr evolved into a coldhearted killer.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2025
Definition of coldhearted
Adjective
  • That converts execution from brittle screen-scraping into a clean engineering problem.
    — Oleg Nesterov, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Ever Pure Thickening Sulfate-Free Shampoo is for everyone, but especially for those who would describe their hair as thin, brittle, weak, prone to breakage, and slow to grow.
    — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of brittle
Adjective
  • Mayor Karen Bass and billionaire developer Rick Caruso appeared together at a groundbreaking for the new Palisades Recreation Center on Tuesday, in a sign that the sometimes icy relationship between the two 2022 mayoral rivals is thawing.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Indeed, the polar opposite of both Number One’s icy demeanor and Chapel’s long-suffering yearning, Majel is remembered by friends and colleagues as a boisterous, brassy, take-no-prisoners presence.
    — Scott Huver, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of icy
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“Kindless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindless. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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