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unfeeling

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un·feel·ing  (n-flng)
adj.
1. Having no physical feeling or sensation; insentient.
2. Not sharing in the pleasures or pains of others; callous.
un·feeling·ly adv.
un·feeling·ness n.
unfeeling
Adjective
without sympathy; callous
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unfeelingunfeeling - devoid of feeling for others; "an unfeeling wretch"
stonyhearted, hardhearted
uncompassionate - lacking compassion or feeling for others; "nor silver-shedding tears could penetrate her uncompassionate sire"- Shakespeare
2.unfeelingunfeeling - devoid of feeling or sensation; "unfeeling trees"
insensate, insentient - devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation; "insentient (or insensate) stone"
Translations
Spanish unfeeling [ʌnˈfiːlɪŋ] adj → insensible
French unfeeling [ʌnˈfiːlɪŋ] adj → insensible, dur(e)
German unfeeling [ʌnˈfiːlɪŋ] adj → gefühllos
Italian unfeeling [ʌnˈfiːlɪŋ] adj → insensibile, duro/a
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A STATESMAN who had been indicted by an unfeeling Grand Jury was arrested by a Sheriff and thrown into jail.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
She had large unfeeling handsome eyes, and dark unfeeling handsome hair, and a broad unfeeling handsome bosom, and was made the most of in every particular.
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Without making the least objection to the punishment, the Leather-Stocking quietly seated himself on the ground, and suffered his limbs to be laid in the openings, without even a murmur; though he cast one glance about him, in quest of that sympathy that human nature always seems to require under suffering “ but he met no direct manifestations of pity, neither did he see any unfeeling exultation, or hear a single reproachful epithet.
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