unfeeling

[ uhn-fee-ling ]
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adjective
  1. not feeling; devoid of feeling; insensible or insensate.

  2. unsympathetic; callous: an intelligent but unfeeling man.

Origin of unfeeling

1
before 1000; Middle English; Old English unfelende. See un-1, feel, -ing2

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2. See hard.

Other words for unfeeling

Opposites for unfeeling

Other words from unfeeling

  • un·feel·ing·ly, adverb
  • un·feel·ing·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for unfeeling

unfeeling

/ (ʌnˈfiːlɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. without sympathy; callous

  2. without physical feeling or sensation

Derived forms of unfeeling

  • unfeelingly, adverb
  • unfeelingness, noun

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