compassionate
adjective
having or showing compassion.
uncompassionate
-
a word derived from
compassionate.
Example Sentences
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“The way Bianca wrote the text was very factual, so I knew I wanted that — not uncompassionate but matter-of-fact, and then we’re moving on,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2023
One woman said she was "so angry", adding: "They did not have to kill it", while another said the decision was "appalling, incompetent, lazy, distressing, uncompassionate, predictable".
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2021
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.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2018
Though business giving may seem un-strategic at the moment, that’s not only an uncompassionate way to think, it’s tactically shortsighted.
From Washington Post ● May 20, 2015
Gigantic swords of incandescence shifted over the mountainside; shoals of frosty sparks filled the hollows; haloes immaculate and uncompassionate hung above the hills.
From Mountain Blood A Novel by Joseph Hergesheimer
