uncaring

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Recent Examples of uncaring Having bounced around uncaring foster homes as a child, Mike maintains minimal contact with his adoptive parents and is skeptical about how much help the authorities can provide with his rehabilitation. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025 In recent years, Update has emerged as the most reliable segment in an often-uneven show, as Che and Jost honed their oddball chemistry as an uncaring provocateur paired with a snarky guy willing to parody his own privilege. Eric Deggans, NPR, 18 May 2025 Both were crashing bores because of the literally nauseating behavior of fans and the uncaring attitude of the proprietors. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025 In a world conquered by science, technology, and capitalism, people had grown accustomed to viewing themselves as isolated cogs in a large and uncaring machine. IEEE Spectrum, 18 Nov. 2019 See All Example Sentences for uncaring
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncaring
Adjective
  • Confronting Iran’s ruthless campaign of terror, nuclear ambitions, and regional aggression demands strength, resolve, and strategic clarity.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 June 2025
  • Michael Fassbender plays the deceased Apple guru — a flawed, ruthless, but ultimately compassionate soul.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • But in the face of an increasingly merciless healthcare system, the battered team must put aside their differences and pull together to save lives.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The film is cold-bloodedly whimsical, asking the audience to root for a merciless man who endeavors, ever so incrementally, to understand some deeper human truths.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • There's also an interesting shot toward the end of the trailer with Ben Grimm sporting what appears to be a stony beard as the Human Torch carries him.
    Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • His stony reaction to the red card in the moment did not betray any sense of injustice.
    Liam Twomey, New York Times, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • Multiple offenses for each race will mean long jail sentences and $100,000+ in fines, which should finally get the attention of these thoughtless fools.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 17 June 2025
  • That was still true at the end of Thursday’s first quarter, when Cardoso turned around from a routine rebound and threw an awkward, thoughtless pass straight into the hands of the Wings’ Paige Bueckers.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025

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“Uncaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncaring. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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