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affectless

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af·fect·less  (ffktls)
adj.
Having or showing no emotion; unfeeling: "Mass-culture banality is killing our souls and making everybody affectless" (New Yorker).
affectless·ness n.
affectless [əˈfɛktlɪs]
adj
a.  showing no emotion or concern for others
b.  not giving rise to any emotion or feeling an affectless novel
[from affect1 (sense 4) + -less]


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