adjective
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lacking any humanizing qualities or influences; dead; mechanical
soulless work
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(of a person) lacking in sensitivity or nobility
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heartless; cruel
Other Word Forms
- soullessly adverb
- soullessness noun
Etymology
Origin of soulless
Example Sentences
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If you can’t, leave before you are reduced to a soulless husk of the eager, happy person who walked into that chamber a decade ago.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
In this war lawyers invariably are depicted as soulless and grasping ambulance-chasers unconcerned about their clients’ welfare, and businesses as, well, soulless, grasping and unconcerned about their customers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026
It must be crushing to have your music labelled as soulless "slop".
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
"I certainly don't think it's soulless," said Carrick, who won 12 major trophies during his decorated playing career with the Red Devils.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
I looked upon a desolate shell, soulless at last, unhaunted, with no whisper of the past about its staring walls.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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