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affectless
[ af-ekt-lis ]
adjective
- lacking feeling or emotion; indifferent to the suffering of others:
an affectless, futuristic drama in which the human characters are virtually robots.
affectless
/ əˈfɛktlɪs /
adjective
- showing no emotion or concern for others
- not giving rise to any emotion or feeling
an affectless novel
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Other Words From
- affect·less·ly adverb
- affect·less·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of affectless1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of affectless1
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Example Sentences
And there you are, years later, a jaded, affectless, neurotic, disenchanted, sad person.
At such times she showed an affectless, impulsive excitement.
The condition, too, was not so completely affectless as one expects a deep stupor to be.
On another occasion, when asked where she was, she said: "I am at the ball—I am going to Heaven—don't shoot me" (affectless).
The cases chosen showed persistent, quite affectless, yet very impulsive attempts at self-injury.
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