unfeeling
Americanadjective
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not feeling; devoid of feeling; insensible or insensate.
- Synonyms:
- numb
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unsympathetic; callous.
an intelligent but unfeeling man.
- Synonyms:
- hardhearted
- Antonyms:
- sympathetic
adjective
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without sympathy; callous
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without physical feeling or sensation
Related Words
See hard.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of unfeeling
before 1000; Middle English; Old English unfelende. See un- 1, feel, -ing 2
Example Sentences
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When he dismisses a contagion that killed millions as a “global gob of spit,” Mr. Tesson seems unfeeling and out of touch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
A cool head, an unfeeling heart, and a cowardly disposition prompted him, at the age of nineteen, to assume the mask of hypocrisy, which he never afterwards laid aside….
From Salon • Feb. 17, 2025
It’s Tim, in the process of discovering his own voice, who soon recognizes in Hawk the unfeeling operator, the self-described “Switzerland,” the “coward,” and so poses the greatest threat to his position.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023
It’s what makes you a thinking, sentient being rather than an unfeeling mechanism.
From Scientific American • Nov. 7, 2023
He smiled, but his eyes stayed cold and unfeeling.
From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper
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