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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.
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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
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
Adjective
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Any advice would be appreciated. – Not the Bestie Dear Bestie: At the risk of sounding callous, this is not your problem.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
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The jacket touched off a firestorm of questions about whether Melania Trump, an immigrant herself, was being insensitive, or even callous, to the plight of children separated from their parents while trying to cross the U.S. border.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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That's such an incredibly cruel and heartless thing to say, grief or no grief.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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Only the heartless would prefer that compassion is never extended.—
Baltimore Sun Editorial Board,
Orlando Sentinel,
25 Jan. 2025
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In a globalized, corporate, shifting world that can feel unkind to consumers, the fight for Mt. Bachelor is about the desire to capture something cherished and put it back in the hands of the people who love it most.—
John Branch,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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To use his own words against him is unkind, but with a million people relying on him, Dan Campbell crumpled under the pressure.—
Colton Pouncy,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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But his cruel divisiveness is deflecting attention from the main event.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
29 Jan. 2025
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Cutting off people from healthcare, childcare, and other services is cruel.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The brutal punishments, the inhumane conditions and the systemic neglect of children in state care were gross violations of human rights and dignity.—
Ray Watford,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Jan. 2025
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Her lawyers argued that extradition would violate her rights under European human rights law, calling the prospect of a life sentence without parole inhumane.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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Human failings amidst an unfeeling snowpocalypse make for some engaging scenes.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
22 Dec. 2024
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The author renders the four-year-old Margaret’s inner life with sensitive complexity, depicting an alert child logic that defies adults’ view of her as slow and unfeeling.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
12 June 2024
Adjective
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Across his four-feature filmography, Eggers’s female characters can be selfish and inscrutable, but that is almost always in reaction to unsympathetic, patriarchal societies.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
22 Jan. 2025
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Immigration advocates are especially concerned that Republicans will continue to push draconian enforcement bills under cover of isolated criminal incidents, forcing Democrats to take votes that could be spun as unsympathetic to individual victims of crime.—
Rafael Bernal,
The Hill,
8 Jan. 2025
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The actor, who tends to embody movie monsters, is up against a sadistic Anthony Hopkins in the thriller, which hits theaters on March 21.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2025
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In Season 2, Gi-hun, aka Player 456 (played by Lee Jung-jae), returns to the sadistic competition three years after winning 45.6 billion in South Korean won as the sole survivor of the event, in order to now put an end to Squid Game and save the lives of the players around him.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Uncompassionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncompassionate. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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