unfeeling

American  

[uhn-fee-ling] / ʌnˈfi lɪŋ /

adjective

1. not feeling; devoid of feeling; insensible or insensate.

   Synonyms:

   numb

2. unsympathetic; callous.

   an intelligent but unfeeling man.

   Synonyms:

   hardhearted

   Antonyms:

   sympathetic

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unfeeling British  

/ ʌnˈfiːlɪŋ /

adjective

1. without sympathy; callous

2. without physical feeling or sensation

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Synonym Usage

See hard.

Other Word Forms

• unfeelingness
  noun
• unfeelingly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of unfeeling

before 1000; Middle English; Old English unfelende. See un- ¹, feel, -ing ²

Example Sentences

Unfeeling grown-ups pulled her down, made her change her dress.

From Time Magazine Archive

“You have no regard, then, for the honour and credit of my nephew! Unfeeling, selfish girl! Do you not consider that a connection with you must disgrace him in the eyes of everybody?”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

Unfeeling Bill Boldface, who could have set all to rights, had sailed off to America the very morning after the sweet baby had disappeared.

From The Adventures of Little Bewildered Henry The Extraordinary Adventures of Poor Little Bewildered Henry, Who was shut up in an Old Abbey for Three Weeks: A Story Founded on Fact by Anonymous

Unfeeling boy! why waste on me such wiles?

From The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse by Williams, Theodore C.

Unfeeling Mar," cried she, bursting into tears, "thus to echo the words of the barbarian Kirkpatrick; thus to condemn us to die!

From The Scottish Chiefs by Porter, Jane