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Meanings of uncaring in English

Without care or thought for others; `Let them eat cake'"

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Lacking affection or warm feeling.

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Examples for "thoughtless"
Examples for "thoughtless"
1
Men of thoughtless actions are always surprised by consequences, Stella always said.
The girl who chased the moon: a novel
2
Novelty captivates the superficial and thoughtless; vehemence delights the discontented and turbulent.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Eleven Volumes, Volume 06 ...
3
Coster condemned the actions, saying the offenders were either thoughtless or malicious.
Radio NZ
4
There's no such thing as a casual, thoughtless meal in this house.
Cooking for geeks: real science, great hacks, and good food
5
Women, in spite of thoughtless impulses, are quicker in understanding than men.
Light
1
The process they relied on was the unthinking stupidity of the sheep.
The Man in the Twilight
2
John had given her two hours' notice, the classic unthinking husband's trick.
Timescape
3
He just wants to keep that easy, unthinking, feeling in his bowling.
The Guardian
4
He stood in the breach in Washington against unthinking partisanship, he said.
Radio NZ
5
Even the unthinking garrulity of Union Mills and the Judge was checked.
On the Frontier
Usage of uncaring in English
1
The frigate captain: dashing, uncaring, not tied to the fleet's apron strings.
Man of War
2
We aren't simply the pawns of some uncaring force in the universe.
A ticket to the circus: a memoir
3
The duke gestured to one, uncaring that Kesseley was soaked and muddy.
Rakes and radishes
4
He did the business as an uncaring pop star in Tamara Drewe.
The Irish Times
5
Without God, the universe can only be a machine... unthinking, uncaring, unfeeling.
The Hyperion Cantos
6
The ash was long on her cigarette; the smoke undulated upward, uncaring.
We are all welcome here
7
No yelling, no screaming, no violent railing at an unfair, uncaring universe.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
8
The Retrievers operate surgically, conducting their actions without any hesitation: uncaring, unfeeling, relentless.
Hunters in the Dark
9
But the British government as a whole appears uncaring and unengaged.
The Guardian
10
He continued on his way, unaware of my presence, or uncaring.
The Name of the Wind
11
The reference would be a constant reminder of his uncaring parents.
In every heartbeat
12
Quite calm and uncaring Cynthia answered the questions put to her.
A Son of the Hills
13
Beyond was the emptiness of the night sky, speckled with cold uncaring stars.
A Game of Thrones
14
Fern flinched inwardly from the bridge, but her legs carried her across uncaring.
The witch queen
15
He stood before a fading portrait, a mark left on the uncaring stone.
Oberheim (Voices): A Chronicle of War
16
Love was an illusion, a painful trick of an uncaring cosmos.
Mother of the believers: a novel of the birth of islam
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United States of America
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