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.

OTHER WORDS FOR unfeeling

1 numb.

2 hardhearted.

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OPPOSITES FOR unfeeling

2 sympathetic.

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Origin of unfeeling

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

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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

How to use unfeeling in a sentence

When the unfeeling company decides to streamline, George must decide whether to remain in the city that never sleeps or follow his “permanent part-time job” to Mars.
A diverse fall theater season underway in D.C.|Patrick Folliard|September 15, 2022|Washington Blade
If you’re on social media, you know how caustic and unfeeling the exchanges can be.
Ann Dowd, the twisted Aunt Lydia of ‘Handmaid’s Tale,’ beguiles in a new take on Ibsen’s ‘Enemy of the People’|Peter Marks|July 1, 2021|Washington Post
After all, animals can also be cruel, selfish and unfeeling on occasions, as we humans are abundantly capable of being.
Eye-opening acts of empathy in the animal kingdom|Richard Schiffman|April 9, 2021|Washington Post
The reasoning is that, if such zombies, or sophisticated unfeeling robots, are conceivable, then physical properties alone—about the brain or a brain-like mechanism—cannot explain the experience of consciousness.
Here’s How We’ll Know an AI Is Conscious - Facts So Romantic|Joel Frohlich|March 29, 2021|Nautilus

A number of clearly partisan studies have suggested that cats are unfeeling and sociopathic.
Sorry, Internet: Pope Francis Didn't Open Paradise to Pets|Candida Moss|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Question those taking on the mantle of victimhood and you are immediately cast as some kind of aggressive, unfeeling oppressor.
What the U-VA Rape Case Tells Us About a Victim Culture Gone Mad|Lizzie Crocker|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Romney spoke about it in a way that struck Prouty as disingenuous and unfeeling, and he got mad.
Scott Prouty, as Compared to Sam Wurzelbacher|Michael Tomasky|March 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He is sometimes stern, and appears unfeeling, but you know that in the main he has a kind heart.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
Like that unknown mother, she too had become a houseless wanderer, seeking for a home and shelter from a hard unfeeling world.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
As regards money, from the moment I left Russia I have not ceased to reproach myself for my unfeeling egotism.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
He added, with an unfeeling jibe, that he wouldn't like the reading of the letter himself.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete|Gilbert Parker
It was critical, curious, more than a little unfeeling—and relentlessly illuminating.
The New Machiavelli|Herbert George Wells

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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