adjective
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lacking any humanizing qualities or influences; dead; mechanical
soulless work
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(of a person) lacking in sensitivity or nobility
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heartless; cruel
Other Word Forms
- soullessly adverb
- soullessness noun
Etymology
Origin of soulless
Example Sentences
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Hence the importance of prompt engineering, or how to extract the best from these soulless but amazingly powerful association engines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Sharma has meanwhile said she will not look to "flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop" in her new role.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
I’d hoped to introduce my family to the quaint family-owned guesthouses that used to be everywhere, but they’ve been largely replaced with soulless budget chains.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
Turns out he’s a modern-day Samson: his lack of hair was the reason he was such a soulless ghoul.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025
I looked upon a desolate shell, soulless at last, unhaunted, with no whisper of the past about its staring walls.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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