: having no soul or no greatness or warmth of mind or feeling
soullessly
adverb
soullessness
noun
Examples of soulless in a Sentence
a government run by soulless bureaucrats
These companies are heartless, soulless, money-making machines.
The houses in the new development are completely soulless.
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The upcoming second season promises eight episodes of more deadpan humor, soulless glares and even a Lady Gaga cameo, as Wednesday takes on another eerie supernatural mystery at Nevermore Academy.
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Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 29 July 2025
What’s worse, family homes are more than soulless houses.
—James Burling, Oc Register, 28 July 2025
The technology is widely seen as the soulless project of Silicon Valley billionaires whose creativity consists mostly of appropriating other people’s.
—Paul Bloom, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Now the eight-episode second season promises more deadpan humor, soulless glares and even a Lady Gaga cameo as Wednesday takes on another eerie supernatural mystery at Nevermore Academy.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 11 July 2025
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Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 29 July 2025
What’s worse, family homes are more than soulless houses.
—James Burling, Oc Register, 28 July 2025
The technology is widely seen as the soulless project of Silicon Valley billionaires whose creativity consists mostly of appropriating other people’s.
—Paul Bloom, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Now the eight-episode second season promises more deadpan humor, soulless glares and even a Lady Gaga cameo as Wednesday takes on another eerie supernatural mystery at Nevermore Academy.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 11 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for soulless
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“Soulless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soulless. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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soulless
adverb
soul·less
ˈsōl-ləs 
: having no soul or no greatness or nobleness of mind or feeling
soullessly
adverb
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