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uncaring en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + caring.

Meanings

  1. Characterized by a lack of care; not caring.
    • His uncaring attitude did not win him many friends.
    • Please, get out of my elite uncaring face. 2006 October 19, Wee Shu Min, Response to Derek Wee's blog:

Forms

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most uncaring Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

uncaringly

Synonyms

unzealous · meh · adiaphroistic · untouched · alexithymic · unmoved · apathistical · unmovable · lukewarm · clinical · tepid · nonemotional · cool · insensible · unemotional · nonsentimental · world-weary · languid · emotionless · lackadaisical · dull · unimpressible · halfhearted · jaded · impassive · apathetic · insensible · unconcerned · dead inside · dispassionate · languorous · nonplussed · heartless · unsentimental · unlively · apathistical · enervated · unenthusiastic · phlegmatic · torpid · unconcerned · otiose · lethargic · gallionic · dispassionate · spiritless · immovable · uninterested · nonpassionate · lotophagous · impassible · stolid · insouciant · cold-hearted · uncaring · unfeeling · listless · blithe · indifferent · impassive · pococurante · phlegmatic · shiftless · cold-blooded · indifferent · unaroused · nonchalant · mopey · deaf · blasé · dull · Laodicean · torpedinous · ineffervescible · unpassionate · nonfeeling · supine

Translations (7)

de lieblos (showing a lack of concern) · bg нехаен (showing a lack of concern) · el άπονος (showing a lack of concern) · enm unkynde (showing a lack of concern) · de gefühllos (showing a lack of concern) · el αδιάφορος (showing a lack of concern) · bg незаинтересован (showing a lack of concern)

uncaring en · NOUN

Etymology

From un- + caring.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Lack or absence of caring
    • To accomplish this end, each of the three components contains two levels: verbal caring and uncaring, nonverbal caring and uncaring, and technically competent and incompetent behavior. 1988, Madeleine M. Leininger, Care, Discovery and Uses in Clinical and Community Nursing: