unfeeling

[ uhn-fee-ling ]
/ ʌnˈfi lɪŋ /
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adjective

not feeling; devoid of feeling; insensible or insensate.
unsympathetic; callous: an intelligent but unfeeling man.

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Origin of unfeeling

before 1000; Middle English; Old English unfelende. See un-1, feel, -ing2

synonym study for unfeeling

2. See hard.

OTHER WORDS FROM unfeeling

un·feel·ing·ly, adverbun·feel·ing·ness, noun

Words nearby unfeeling

unfavourable, unfavoured, unfazed, unfeasible, Unfederated Malay States, unfeeling, unfeigned, unfertilized, unfetter, unfettered, unfilial
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Words related to unfeeling

apathetic, asleep, brutal, callous, cantankerous, churlish, cold, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, crotchety, cruel, exacting, hard, hardened, heartless, icy, inanimate, inhuman, insensate, insensible

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British Dictionary definitions for unfeeling

unfeeling
/ (ʌnˈfiːlɪŋ) /

adjective

without sympathy; callous
without physical feeling or sensation

Derived forms of unfeeling

unfeelingly, adverbunfeelingness, noun
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