UNCOMPASSIONATE Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

uncompassionate

adjective

Definition of uncompassionate

as in callous

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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. — 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

Then with Lee, in the timeline closest to our present day, her heartbreaking, hard-to-stomach testimony means nothing to a callous judge who sentences her to death three times over.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026
Worth putting a pin in Catherine’s reaction to Lamb’s callous reference to Charles Partner, the late First Desk chief and turncoat who employed Catherine as his personal assistant.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of callous

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

Like her, Americans are also so tired of being screwed by an administration that’s not only grossly incompetent and cruel but corrupt as well.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
Rather than heroic, these costly and horribly uncertain stunts come across callous and cruel.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of cruel

Adjective

Animals that have been trafficked are usually captured and transported in inhumane conditions, and some die during the journey.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Villafranca relayed allegedly inhumane conditions in Camp East Montana, according to her husband.

— Catherine Bouvet, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of inhumane

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

Hutton thoughtfully explores the gender dynamics of reproductive rights issues by making Val a not wholly unsympathetic middle-woman between the men in power and one of the women impacted by their machinations.

— Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
After meeting with a young, female director, who offers him the chance to play a bizarre and deeply unsympathetic character in her debut feature, Niaz leaves the audition unconvinced (and pretty offended).

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of unsympathetic

Adjective

And the sadistic acts 764 perpetrators promote are not always contained to a computer screen.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
The notable exception is the always effective Lena Olin, whose brief turn as a concentration camp survivor attesting to Hermine’s true sadistic nature packs a quiet charge.

— Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

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