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kindless

American  
[kahynd-lis] / ˈkaɪnd lɪs /

adjective

  1. lacking kindness; unkind; unsympathetic.

  2. Obsolete. unnatural; inhuman.


kindless British  
/ ˈkaɪndlɪs /

adjective

  1. heartless

  2. against nature; unnatural

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • kindlessly adverb

Etymology

Origin of kindless

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; kind 1, -less

Example Sentences

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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 MacCathmhaoil, Seosamh

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 MacCathmhaoil, Seosamh

It was a sad, gloomy, kindless November night, when Godfrey arrived in London.

From Mary Marston by MacDonald, George

Lady, you misjudge my purpose—true, that once I proved myself your foe, perhaps a kindless one; time and pity have extinguished hate.

From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)

Out of the kindless dark, A fierce, protesting lark,    High in the horror of dawn!

From Hawthorn and Lavender with Other Verses by Henley, William Ernest