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10 Language-to-English DictionariesUncompassionate
/ʌn.kəmˈpæʃ.ən.ət/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Showing or feeling no pity, sympathy, or empathy for others who are suffering.
"His uncompassionate response to the plight of the homeless drew widespread public criticism." - 2
Characterized by harshness or a lack of humane consideration in judgment or policy.
"The committee made an uncompassionate decision to deny the emergency medical extension."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the prefix 'un-' (Old English 'un-', meaning not) combined with 'compassionate', which stems from the Late Latin 'compassionem' (co-suffering). The term emerged in early modern English as a direct adjectival negation denoting a lack of pity, empathy, or tender feeling toward the suffering of others.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Uncompassionate" is said worldwide
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sans compassion
Transliteration: sã kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ̃
"Son commentaire sans compassion a choqué toute l'assistance."
unbarmherzig
Transliteration: ʊnˈbaʁmˌhɛʁtsɪç
"Die unbarmherzige Kälte des Gesetzes ließ keinen Raum für Ausnahmen."
senza compassione
Transliteration: ˈsɛnt.tsa kom.pasˈsjo.ne
"Ha dimostrato un atteggiamento freddo e senza compassione."
despiadado
Transliteration: des.pjaˈda.ðo
"Recibió críticas por su actitud despiadado ante el sufrimiento ajeno."
sem compaixão
Transliteration: sẽ kõ.pajˈsɐ̃w
"A sua resposta sem compaixão surpreendeu a todos."
संवेदनहीन
Transliteration: samvedanhin
"गरीबों के प्रति उनका संवेदनहीन व्यवहार निंदनीय था।"
缺乏同情心的
Transliteration: quē fá tóng qíng xīn de
"他对弱者的困境表现得十分缺乏同情心。"
냉정한
Transliteration: naeng-jeong-han
"그의 냉정한 태도는 주변 사람들을 실망시켰다."
思いやりのない
Transliteration: omoiya-ri no nai
"彼の思いやりのない発言に全員が驚いた。"
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