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callousness
[kal-uhs-nis]
noun
the quality of being insensitive, indifferent, or unsympathetic; hardness of heart.
Cutting off the unemployed from their benefits is a sad blend of callousness—a complete lack of empathy for the unfortunate—and unsound economics.
a hardened or thickened condition of the skin or other tissue.
Razors and shaving cause a callousness of the skin, which will encourage heavier hair growth and irritation.
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- uncallousness noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of callousness1
Example Sentences
It was the first operation Martino has witnessed and she said it underscores the disturbing callousness of how they are being conducted.
One cannot demonstrate this like a mathematical proof, but this carelessness, or callousness, about human life seems linked to fatalistic, even nihilistic attitudes.
But on the compound, it also encourages a certain callousness, a willingness to not intervene when the worst happens.
Border Patrol vehicles at the time carried no lifesaving equipment, which “suggested callousness, if not criminal neglect,†Human Rights Watch argued.
That's a sign of Trump's utter recklessness and the callousness of those around him, but it's a sign of our democracy’s weakness, as it's currently constituted, that he could very well get away with it.
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Related 51³Ô¹Ïs
- alienationÌý
- apathyÌý
- carelessnessÌý
- disdainÌý
- disinterestÌý
- disregardÌý
- inattentionÌý
- inertiaÌý
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- lackÌý
- negligenceÌý
- nonchalanceÌý
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