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uncaring

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un·car·ing  (n-kârng)
adj.
Devoid of concern or sympathy.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.uncaringuncaring - lacking affection or warm feeling; "an uncaring person"
unloving - not giving or reciprocating affection
2.uncaringuncaring - without care or thought for others; "the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; `Let them eat cake'"
inconsiderate - lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others; "shockingly inconsiderate behavior"

uncaring
adjective unconcerned, indifferent, negligent, unmoved, unsympathetic, uninterested, unresponsive, unfeeling this uncaring attitude towards the less well off
Translations
uncaring [ˈʌnkɛərɪŋ] ADJpoco compasivo
he went on all uncaring (liter) → siguió sin hacer caso
uncaring [ˌʌnˈkɛərɪŋ] adj [person, attitude] → insensible
uncaring
adjgleichgültig, teilnahmslos; parentslieblos; the state as an impersonal and uncaring machineder Staat als unpersönliche und gefühllose Maschine
uncaring [ʌnˈkɛərɪŋ] adjindifferente, insensibile
uncaring [ʌnˈkɛərɪŋ] adjindifferente, insensibile


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But in the meantime, awaiting the publication of the books, he must do something more than live dazed and stupid in the sort of uncaring trance into which he had fallen.
I drew a great couch out of its place near the corner, so that as I lay, I could look at the lovely view to east and south,and unthinking of and uncaring for the dust, composed myself for sleep.
After all, he was a little earth-maggot, just like all the other earth-maggots, like the squirrel he had eaten, like the other men he had seen fail and die, like Joe Hines and Henry Finn, who had already failed and were surely dead, like Elijah lying there uncaring, with his skinned face, in the bottom of the boat.
 
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