: 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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But trying to tell the wide-eyed students that trees are soulless breaks Janine’s determination to remain pragmatic.
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Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025
So is the problem with public education that schools have become anodyne and antiseptic, focused on pedagogy over content knowledge and love of reading books, soulless and viewless?
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Though Chicago has long been home to some of the country’s finer record emporiums, the past several years witnessed a mini-boom of destinations for music lovers who want to enjoy more than a soulless stream or algorithm-triggered TikTok clip.
—Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
It should be replaced with a sprawling, soulless contrivance.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 3 Apr. 2025
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Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025
So is the problem with public education that schools have become anodyne and antiseptic, focused on pedagogy over content knowledge and love of reading books, soulless and viewless?
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Though Chicago has long been home to some of the country’s finer record emporiums, the past several years witnessed a mini-boom of destinations for music lovers who want to enjoy more than a soulless stream or algorithm-triggered TikTok clip.
—Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
It should be replaced with a sprawling, soulless contrivance.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Soulless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soulless. Accessed 30 Apr. 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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