UNCOMPASSIONATE Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

uncompassionate

adjective

Definition of uncompassionate

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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

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Adjective

This—along with the callous abandonment of trans rights by Democratic politicians from Gavin Newsom in California to James Talarico in Texas—will hurt the Democrats’ ability to turn out would-be voters on the left, especially among the young.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2026
The film, based on interviews with 24 anonymous members of Israeli military intelligence and soldiers, accuses Israel of callous disregard for Palestinian civilian life in its war in Gaza.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 19 Oct. 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

That’s a rare result for nonfiction in a theatrical market that has been unkind to documentaries, and the film is only beginning to roll out internationally.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026
There's nothing that the kind and tolerant left loves more than being unkind and intolerant towards people who have a different political perspective.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of unkind

Adjective

Newsom and other opponents of capital punishment have long argued that the process is costly, cruel and discriminatory, with death sentences disproportionately handed down to defendants of color.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
In a cruel twist of fate, the back half of the trailer shows Geoff being affected by severe confusion, sitting outside his house in the cold.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of cruel

Adjective

Stephen Miller is the architect of the most barbaric, inhumane policies of this administration.

— Emily Feng, NPR, 6 Nov. 2026
So notoriously gruelling are the demands on trainee idols that the Korean government has a contract template to forestall the most inhumane conditions.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 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

Republicans secured wins in the larger metro area, but this year, the party is vulnerable with voters who are disgruntled about inflation, the Iran war and a president who seems unsympathetic to their struggles.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
On the other hand, Prince William is allegedly unsympathetic toward his younger brother.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of unsympathetic

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