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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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This is the result of years of callous mismanagement and broken promises.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
9 Feb. 2026
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But German timidity before Israel’s moral blackmail only partly explains Habermas’s callous attitude toward the country’s Palestinian victims.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Asking these questions would just be wrong and heartless and would ignore the reality that America ignited this blaze.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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In 1965 Maryland, Sophia Clark is given an opportunity to attend a prestigious all white boarding school and escape her heartless parents.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
15 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But no one here is out to humiliate anyone, which is nasty and unkind and not at all the sort of humor Lawrence trades in.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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August 23 – September 22 Being honest doesn’t mean being unkind.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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That’s the cruel beauty of golf.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
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Few Iranians will mourn the demise of the cruel and murderous Ayatollah Khamenei or his cohorts, and a large segment of Iranians want the corrupt religious regime gone.—
Trudy Rubin,
Twin Cities,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The Epstein case alone shows how urgently women need full Equal Protection rights because without them women cannot be protected from even the most inhumane abuses.—
Wendy Murphy,
Boston Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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Advocates for detainees and some members of Congress have called for the camp’s closure, citing inhumane conditions.—
Morgan Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The truth is that state government is not some distant, unfeeling bureaucracy.—
John Atkinson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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There’d be too much sympathy in watching this cookie get pulverized by unfeeling overlords.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But Rosebush Pruning is not funny enough to get away with its abrasiveness or make its unsympathetic characters palatable.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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To the person being nudged, this can feel unsympathetic or intrusive.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The most sadistic of his colleagues formed a group, known as the Goon Squad, which beat inmates.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Convinced that her sadistic ceremonies will transform him into a god, Clara draws Brighton into a hallucinatory descent into faith, flesh, and the sublime.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Uncompassionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncompassionate. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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