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“The way Bianca wrote the text was very factual, so I knew I wanted that — not uncompassionate but matter-of-fact, and then we’re moving on,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2023

One woman said she was "so angry", adding: "They did not have to kill it", while another said the decision was "appalling, incompetent, lazy, distressing, uncompassionate, predictable".

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2021

Storr argues that this uncompassionate edge of self-esteemery dovetails with the economic ideas of Ayn Rand and the competitive individualism of her followers in neoliberal politics.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2018

Though business giving may seem un-strategic at the moment, that’s not only an uncompassionate way to think, it’s tactically shortsighted.

From Washington Post • May 20, 2015

If thou in strength all mortals dost exceed, In uncompassionate anger do not so.

From The Poetical Works of John Milton by Milton, John