heartless
adjective
unfeeling; unkind; unsympathetic; harsh; cruel.
heartlessly
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a word derived from
heartless.
Example Sentences
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Not sure why she’s so concerned about what happened to Tanya, who was a neurotic mess, heartlessly crushing her dreams of owning a business.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025
Young man goes traveling for work, falls in love with girl, obsesses about her in that oh-so-teenage way; she remains heartlessly indifferent.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2020
For Talley, elegance is what he learned from Vreeland and the beloved matriarchs of his past, but fashion is about being heartlessly modern.
From The Guardian ● May 23, 2020
The number of characters meriting memorable send-offs is greater than six, so we can pretty much count on groups of them going out hard and heartlessly each week.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2019
He was pretty sure bullies would have laughed heartlessly at those questions.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
