callous
adjective
made hard; hardened.
callously
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a word derived from
callous.
Example Sentences
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Presumably adhering to Medicare guidelines, they callously discontinued our hospice services.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2025
"This individual had been callously dumped," he said.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2025
In their grief, people should not have to cater to tourists callously snorkeling in the hallowed waters where loved ones so recently died or desperately fought to survive.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
One cherry-picked chapter, covering a case where the majority callously reduced an award of punitive damages against an insurance company, is 16 pages long with only three sentences referring to Thomas.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2023
Cruelly, callously, admissions committees agreed to overlook serious academic deficiency.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
