uncompassionate

adjective

Definition of uncompassionatenext
as in callous

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Recent Examples of uncompassionate For example, very low compassion was rare in both men and women, but the few people who identified as very uncompassionate were much more likely to be men. — Scientific American, 31 Jan. 2022 An uncompassionate person reading Kafka would simply give up. — David Means, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019 Storr argues that this uncompassionate edge of self-esteemery dovetails with the economic ideas of Ayn Rand and the competitive individualism of her followers in neoliberal politics. — Anthony Gottlieb, New York Times, 21 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncompassionate
  1. callous
  2. heartless
  3. unkind
  4. cruel
  5. inhumane
  6. unfeeling
  7. unsympathetic
  8. sadistic
Adjective
  • Just not as much as the callous bosses who created this indefensible, toxic situation and the fanatics who once cheered it.
    — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • This is a callous continuation of the ongoing campaign by the same individuals and groups targeting Jewish people and the state of Israel, a pattern of antisemitism and misinformation that puts our community in grave danger.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of callous
Adjective
  • For more than a century, people have wondered whether Hyde was the innocent victim of an amazing set of coincidences or a heartless killer who never paid for his crimes.
    — Dan Kelly August 22, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2026
  • As if the force itself were a heartless heart.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 June 2026
Definition of heartless
Adjective
  • Criticism helpful to a stage performer during rehearsal may be unkind on opening night.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • According to Winfrey, 72, the duo’s entrance sparked some unkind reactions online.
    — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
Definition of unkind
Adjective
  • Having Sheridan actually be a cruel person was one of the key audience expectations the writer-director hoped to flip in the pursuit of laughs.
    — William Earl, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But Triage does have a moment in which an ember of the old cruel optimism flickers.
    — Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of cruel
Adjective
  • Animals that have been trafficked are usually captured and transported in inhumane conditions, and some die during the journey.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Villafranca relayed allegedly inhumane conditions in Camp East Montana, according to her husband.
    — Catherine Bouvet, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of inhumane
Adjective
  • Civilizations could have risen to their zenith and crumbled in the time our micrometeoroid spent traversing the unfeeling expanse of interplanetary space, but its demise lasted but a fraction of a second.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 21 July 2026
  • Readers can judge Jane and me, deciding that one of us was unfeeling or uncomprehending.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Definition of unfeeling
Adjective
  • After meeting with a young, female director, who offers him the chance to play a bizarre and deeply unsympathetic character in her debut feature, Niaz leaves the audition unconvinced (and pretty offended).
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The normally prickly and unsympathetic Harriet Oleson (Katherine MacGregor) switches gears into hero mode, rounding up the town's men to scour the countryside for the children who've become trapped.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026
Definition of unsympathetic
Adjective
  • Dungeon Crawler Carl is set after an alien invasion has wiped out most of humanity and any survivors are forced to fight for their lives on a sadistic intergalactic game show.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026
  • This was Perez Hilton, after all, a man who had earned fame in the mid-two-thousands for his salacious, sarcastic, and often sadistic coverage of celebrity suffering.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of sadistic

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“Uncompassionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncompassionate. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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