kindless
Americanadjective
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lacking kindness; unkind; unsympathetic.
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Obsolete. unnatural; inhuman.
adjective
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heartless
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against nature; unnatural
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of kindless
Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at kind 1, -less
Example Sentences
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The bleak, kindless wind was hissing through those pines that clothed the hill above Bodyfauld, and over the dead garden, where in the summer time the rose had looked down so lovingly on the heartsease.
From Robert Falconer by George MacDonald
It was a sad, gloomy, kindless November night, when Godfrey arrived in London.
From Mary Marston by George MacDonald
Out of the kindless dark, A fierce, protesting lark, High in the horror of dawn!
From Hawthorn and Lavender with Other Verses by William Ernest Henley
Cross and thorn have not sufficed To punish me as you would; But out-a-door in wind and rain, Houseless, hearthless, coatless, kindless, You keep me wandering in pain.
From The Mountainy Singer by Seosamh MacCathmhaoil
Deep ways and dripping boughs, The fog falling drearily; Cowherds calling on their cows, And I crying wearily, Wearily, wearily, out-a-door, Houseless, hearthless, coatless, kindless, Poorest of the wandering poor.
From The Mountainy Singer by Seosamh MacCathmhaoil
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