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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.
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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.
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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
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To its left-wing voter base, Labour seemed callous.
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Watching the movie and Marcel’s fragile belief in a world so callous is to feel a surge of possibility for humanity.
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As if the force itself were a heartless heart.
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In contrast, Dessalines is typically described as violent, unthinking, emotional and heartless.
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The market is now doing what project-finance investors are meant to do, testing the cash flow and asking who is left holding the risk if the day of refinancing is unkind.
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The action starts at Long Island’s historically unkind Shinnecock Hills on Thursday.
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Passing a child who is unprepared may be the cruelest act of all.
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This is your news to share or not share; posting about this on Facebook strikes me as cruel.
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The Casa livestream twist is an inhumane form of torture that the girls are not taking lightly.
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Opponents, though, complain the rides are both inhumane to horses and a danger to people.
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Ditto Hugh Jackman’s unerring performance — perhaps his finest dramatic work yet — as a savage, unfeeling thug and unrepentant murderer and thief.
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This savage, amoral and unfeeling Robin Hood has been written to invert everything modern fans like about him.
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Neither overly sentimental nor unsympathetic, Albert and Allen Hughes craft realistic characters with more nuance and complexity than traditional gangster films.
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The administration has been unsympathetic to Ukraine.
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In Dungeon Crawler Carl, written for television by film, TV and comic book writer Chris Yost, an alien invasion has wiped out most of humanity and any survivors are forced to fight for their lives on a sadistic intergalactic game show.
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Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney described Heuermann as a remorseless and sadistic serial killer who cared only about himself.
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“Uncompassionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncompassionate. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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