unfeeling

[uhn-fee-ling]

adjective

1. not feeling; devoid of feeling; insensible or insensate.

   Synonyms: numb

2. unsympathetic; callous.

   an intelligent but unfeeling man.

   Synonyms: hardhearted
   Antonyms: sympathetic

unfeeling

/ ʌnˈfiːlɪŋ /

adjective

1. without sympathy; callous

2. without physical feeling or sensation

Other Word Forms

• unfeelingly adverb
• unfeelingness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unfeeling¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English unfelende. See un- ¹, feel, -ing ²

Synonym Study

See hard.

Example Sentences

Panning “Amélie” is probably the quickest way for a critic to get himself thought of as cynical and unfeeling.

From Salon

Brooks and Gordon could easily get away with making “Oh, Hi!” a reverse “Misery,” with Iris as the beleaguered, sympathetic party trapped in a bad dynamic made worse by her unfeeling companion.

From Salon

A cool head, an unfeeling heart, and a cowardly disposition prompted him, at the age of nineteen, to assume the mask of hypocrisy, which he never afterwards laid aside….

From Salon

“Be careful about being too dismissive,” Okrepie said, or coming across as unfeeling.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s Tim, in the process of discovering his own voice, who soon recognizes in Hawk the unfeeling operator, the self-described “Switzerland,” the “coward,” and so poses the greatest threat to his position.

From Los Angeles Times