affectless

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af·fect·less (

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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