as in ruthless
not feeling or showing concern for someone or something
She has an uncaring attitude toward her schoolwork. He is a cold and uncaring man.
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Recent Examples of uncaring
Lady Luck and Mister Fate can be a mean couple, uncaring of you or me.
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Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
Thompson starred in DaCosta’s debut feature Little Woods, a thoughtful, emotional thriller about two sisters just trying to survive in an expensive, uncaring world.
—Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2025
For many years, Tariffs were allowed to be used against us by our uncaring and unwise Politicians.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2025
For many years, Tariffs were allowed to be used against us by our uncaring and unwise Politicians.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
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Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
Thompson starred in DaCosta’s debut feature Little Woods, a thoughtful, emotional thriller about two sisters just trying to survive in an expensive, uncaring world.
—Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2025
For many years, Tariffs were allowed to be used against us by our uncaring and unwise Politicians.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2025
For many years, Tariffs were allowed to be used against us by our uncaring and unwise Politicians.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncaring
Adjective
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Lydia, naturally, has her own reasons for pairing Agnes and Daisy together, evolving from a ruthless zealot and disciplinarian in Handmaid’s Tale into a kind of double agent looking to overthrow Gilead from within the hallowed halls of power in Testaments, as the finale set her up to do.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Mar. 2026
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After enduring a tough patch in business, fate changes his course, turning him into El Serpiente, a ruthless political strategist.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
3 Mar. 2026
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Waltz lends a slimy charisma to the merciless SS colonel, who gets a satisfying comeuppance via carving knife.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
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These are two of the most conniving, merciless people on television, and they’re bonded by the twin desire to be more like the other.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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With a 15 percent slope and soils consisting of shattered rock and very stony loam with a small percentage of clay, the soil is low in organic matter and drains extremely well.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
22 Feb. 2026
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The sculptor, David Adickes, was an Army veteran who'd wanted his stony visages to gleam.—
Danielle Paquette The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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Scenes meant to convey fondness and dramatic weight instead flatten into thoughtless repetition, as the series’ decades-long dissection of the final girl reveals itself as a stale brand asset.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
26 Feb. 2026
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Karlsson was on the wrong side of the puck all evening, made careless decisions and generally played a thoughtless game.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Uncaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncaring. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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