UNFEELING Synonyms: 149 Similar and Opposite Words

unfeeling

adjective

ˌən-ˈfē-liŋ

Definition of unfeeling

as in ruthless

having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings gave the homeless people on the street only an unfeeling glance

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as in numb

lacking in sensation or feeling her heart was as cold and hard as the unfeeling marble statue in her garden

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as in inanimate

lacking animate awareness or sensation she spoke politely even to the unfeeling virtual assistant on her phone

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Recent Examples of unfeeling This savage, amoral and unfeeling Robin Hood has been written to invert everything modern fans like about him. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026 As the actor tells Glamour, most were written according to stereotypes and portrayed as cold, unfeeling, aggressive, or robotic. — Sam Reed, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2026 One solution is to create more positive role models for AI systems—at present, the canon mostly comprises murderous and unfeeling robots, like HAL 9000 and the Terminator. — Tharin Pillay, Time, 12 Mar. 2026 The truth is that state government is not some distant, unfeeling bureaucracy. — John Atkinson, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unfeeling

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfeeling

Adjective

Today, it is widely known that coal miners of the 19th and early 20th centuries experienced ruthless exploitation and hazardous working conditions.

— Marcus Librizzi, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
Involuntary bumping is more ruthless, denying boarding to passengers in a joyless game of musical plane seats.

— Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of ruthless

Adjective

Nobody cheered; after so many years of violence, the crowd seemed numb.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
After nine relocations, baseball fanbases became numb to abandonment, but by 1971, Washington fans who were losing their second franchise in 11 years, had enough.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of numb

Adjective

The inanimate matter of the Earth endures, as does its atmosphere.

— Eileen Hunt, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
Then, in European culture, Christianity appeared, a religion which made an astonishing discovery, namely, that the primary cause for everything—humans, animals, nature, fertility, the inanimate world, the universe, the cosmos—could be concentrated into one single point.

— Merve Emre, New Yorker, 28 June 2026

Definition of inanimate

Adjective

It would be seen as a work of merciless autofiction in the vein of Karl Ove Knausgaard, and it would be discussed, as his books are, as aggressive, antisocial, and spiteful.

— B. D. McClay, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
In the story, Ria teams up with her foster mother and their fellow punks to resist a merciless developer intent on tearing down their building.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of merciless

Adjective

When Bill’s older brother Henry (Barry Ward) finds the pianist in numbed solitude in his dingy apartment, Bill has canceled all his upcoming gigs, saying Scotty cannot be replaced.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
Ingber also notes the numbed response to these strikes from much of the American public, something that, in part, may come from the routine nature of these drone strikes as something that the nation has become desensitized to dropping bombs on enemies.

— Rebecca Schneid, Time, 21 Oct. 2025

Definition of numbed

Adjective

Eric Anderson said the man was a transient known to the agency and was found unconscious Sunday afternoon near the park’s south entrance off Katella Avenue.

— Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Officers found an unconscious adult man who was transported to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of unconscious

Adjective

Oscar Wilde, for example, reposes beneath a hulking deity whose iconoclastic castration, back in 1961, did little to restrain pilgrims seeking to smear red lips across his stony physique.

— Emily Cox, ARTnews.com, 22 May 2026
Instead of looking like a sleek urban loft, the room can quickly start to feel cold, stony, and impersonal.

— Natasha Bazika, Martha Stewart, 9 May 2026

Definition of stony

Adjective

Wyatt was charged again with drunken driving in May 2026 after she was found asleep at the wheel in Galveston County.

— Isaac Yu, Houston Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2026
The only reason to think this may be a game is if the Cowboys are asleep, and Jalon Daniels has some success running the ball.

— Mac Engel October 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026

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