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Recent Examples of uncompassionate
For example, very low compassion was rare in both men and women, but the few people who identified as very uncompassionate were much more likely to be men.
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Scientific American, 31 Jan. 2022
An uncompassionate person reading Kafka would simply give up.
—David Means, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019
Storr argues that this uncompassionate edge of self-esteemery dovetails with the economic ideas of Ayn Rand and the competitive individualism of her followers in neoliberal politics.
—Anthony Gottlieb, New York Times, 21 June 2018
Scientific American, 31 Jan. 2022
An uncompassionate person reading Kafka would simply give up.
—David Means, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019
Storr argues that this uncompassionate edge of self-esteemery dovetails with the economic ideas of Ayn Rand and the competitive individualism of her followers in neoliberal politics.
—Anthony Gottlieb, New York Times, 21 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncompassionate
Adjective
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President Biden singularly stands out in his callous enabling of the horrors inflicted on Gaza for more than a year.—
Shibley Telhami,
Time,
13 Oct. 2025
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One memorable moment comes early, when another call between Polly and her mother tilts into dread as the voice on the phone morphs into a more callous, sinister being.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Michelle is a heartless professional and sees this as a battle between the wits (herself) and the dimwits (her captors).—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Two heartless killers using every inch of the law to escape justice is a cruel irony.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Adult death is always strangely humiliating but this was something more, conceptually distressing, theoretically immoderate, elaborately unkind.—
Joy Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Gutfeld, who will headline the Ford Idaho Center on May 2, 2026, literally traffics in what many consider unkind mockery.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In Pahani’s 2006 award-winning comedy Offside, about the cruel cultural chains binding Iranian women, a group of young women attempt to gain entry to a stadium to watch a World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Japan.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
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There is no reason to be cruel to people.—
Sigal Ratner-Arias,
Billboard,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Israel, which controls aid into Gaza, has repeatedly halted and blocked entry points, which critics have called inhumane leverage.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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First opened in 1908 as the Eastern Pennsylvania Institution for the Feeble Minded and Epileptic, over time Pennhurst became notorious for inhumane treatment of people with both physical and intellectual disabilities.—
Jen Rose Smith,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The greatest accusation levied against her is the crime of being an unfeeling mother.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
11 Aug. 2025
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Then, the men had to walk around as these unfeeling, aggressive, hyper-masculine creatures.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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What if your neighbor is unsympathetic?—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
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The trial court dismissed Jankowicz’s action, and on appeal the Third Circuit was unsympathetic.—
Stephen L. Carter,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But a handful of individuals managed to survive Gacy’s horrific attacks — with some even helping to land the sadistic killer behind bars.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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There’s some unsubtle allegory in this Taiwanese movie about a flulike virus that turns people into sadistic psychopaths.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Uncompassionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncompassionate. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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