uncompassionate

Examples

• All

• Calling Kacey Jordan names isn't going to help her or bring her babies back to life, and it makes you look like a cold, uncompassionate person.

  Blog text (3)

• The psychoanalyst is, at the very least, disinterested and uncompassionate.

  Academic text (1998)

• Sometimes we use uncompassionate language because we need things to be a certain way to feel comfortable.

  Academic text (2001)

• Is it uncompassionate to not feel particularly sorry that a man who did a very stupid thing died a very stupid death?

  Blog text (24)

• To get 'her way' recently, she has started acting selfish and uncompassionate.

  Blog text (19)

• What would be the proper response to such an ignorant and uncompassionate comment?

  Blog text (19)

• Denise, you are extremely uncompassionate.

  Blog text (14)

• I learned that one magic word, "gay," had the power to make Christians turn unkind and uncompassionate without even realizing they were doing it.

  Blog text (13)

• Like Romney, instead of asking himself "What would Jesus do?" he asks "What would the Pharisees do?" and opts for the uncompassionate choice.

  Blog text (32)

• His uncompassionate remarks about the victims showed a lack of empathy.

Synonyms

I

insensitive

vsuncompassionate

124 4.6

Not showing care for other people's feelings or needs

focuses on awareness rather than a moral refusal to help

H

heartless

vsuncompassionate

• Offensive

79 4.1

Not showing kindness or sympathy to others

is less about cruelty and more about simple absence of concern

U

unkind

vsuncompassionate

44 1.0

Not friendly or caring to other people

means lack of concern but can be less active or personal

C

callous

vsuncompassionate

41 7.3

Not caring about other people's feelings or pain

signals absence of concern but less emphasis on cruelty

U

uncaring

vsuncompassionate

18 4.2

Not showing concern for other people's feelings or needs

is the same lack of concern but can sound more formal

U

unfeeling

vsuncompassionate

14 5.9

Not showing sympathy or care for other people's feelings

expresses lack of concern but not necessarily outright coldness

U

unsympathetic

vsuncompassionate

7 4.9

Not feeling sorry for someone or caring about their problems

is similar in meaning but slightly more neutral in tone

P

pitiless

vsuncompassionate

7 7.0

Not showing any pity or kindness

is the less extreme absence of pity rather than active cruelty

R

remorseless

vsuncompassionate

6 7.5

Not feeling sorry and continuing without stopping when hurting others

indicates lack of concern but not the same relentless cruelty

U

uncharitable

vsuncompassionate

5 6.7

Not kind or generous and quick to judge others harshly

shares lack of sympathy but adds critical or judgmental attitude

U

unmerciful

vsuncompassionate

2 7.1

Being very cruel and not kind to others

means lack of sympathy but not always the same harshness

K

kindless

vsuncompassionate

• Archaic

1 8.6

A person who does not show care for other people

focuses on lack of concern rather than active unkind treatment

C

compassionless

vsuncompassionate

1 7.4

Shows no sympathy for people who suffer

is a milder lack of sympathy rather than active refusal to help

U

unhandsome

vsuncompassionate

• Archaic

1 8.1

Not kind or fair in how someone treats others

is the same absence of concern but not specifically about fairness

U

unsympathizing

vsuncompassionate

7.9

Not showing care or understanding for other people's feelings

is the same lack of feeling but stated in a general adjective form

N

noncharitable

vsuncompassionate

6.7

Not showing kindness to other people

is similar but can imply a general absence of warm feeling

M

meanspirited

vsuncompassionate

• Offensive

7.4

Unkind and petty in a way that hurts other people

is a lack of concern without the added pettiness or meanness

U

unpitying

vsuncompassionate

8.8

Not showing kindness or mercy when others suffer

is the less harsh absence of compassion or sympathy

H

highly insensitive

vsuncompassionate

5.5

Being very uncaring about other people's feelings

is similar but describes a general absence of sympathy without scale

Antonyms

C

compassionate

151 3.7

Feeling concern and care for people who suffer

How Compassionate

compassionate

151 3.7

sympathetic

152 3.4

indifferent

46 4.4

unsympathetic

7 4.9

uncompassionate

1 7.3

unfeeling

14 5.9

heartless

• Offensive

79 4.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology