unfeeling

[ uhn-fee-ling ]

adjective

1. not feeling; devoid of feeling; insensible or insensate.

   Synonyms: numb

2. unsympathetic; callous:

   an intelligent but unfeeling man.

   Synonyms: hardhearted

   Antonyms: sympathetic

unfeeling

/ ʌnˈfiːlɪŋ /

adjective

1. without sympathy; callous
2. without physical feeling or sensation

Derived Forms

• unˈfeelingly, adverb
• unˈfeelingness, noun

Other Words From

• un·feeling·ly adverb
• un·feeling·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unfeeling¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English unfelende. See un- ¹, feel, -ing ²

Synonym Study

See hard.

Example Sentences

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.

From Washington Blade

If you’re on social media, you know how caustic and unfeeling the exchanges can be.

From Washington Post

After all, animals can also be cruel, selfish and unfeeling on occasions, as we humans are abundantly capable of being.

From 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.

From Nautilus

A number of clearly partisan studies have suggested that cats are unfeeling and sociopathic.

From The Daily Beast

Question those taking on the mantle of victimhood and you are immediately cast as some kind of aggressive, unfeeling oppressor.

From The Daily Beast

Romney spoke about it in a way that struck Prouty as disingenuous and unfeeling, and he got mad.

From The Daily Beast

He is sometimes stern, and appears unfeeling, but you know that in the main he has a kind heart.

From Project Gutenberg

Like that unknown mother, she too had become a houseless wanderer, seeking for a home and shelter from a hard unfeeling world.

From Project Gutenberg

As regards money, from the moment I left Russia I have not ceased to reproach myself for my unfeeling egotism.

From Project Gutenberg

He added, with an unfeeling jibe, that he wouldn't like the reading of the letter himself.

From Project Gutenberg

It was critical, curious, more than a little unfeeling—and relentlessly illuminating.

From Project Gutenberg