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UNCARING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does uncaring mean?
• UNCARING (adjective)
The adjective UNCARING has 2 senses:
1. lacking affection or warm feeling
2. without care or thought for others
Familiarity information: UNCARING used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking affection or warm feeling
Synonyms:
detached; unaffectionate; uncaring
Context example:
an uncaring person
Similar:
unloving (not giving or reciprocating affection)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Without care or thought for others
Synonyms:
thoughtless; uncaring; unthinking
Context example:
the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; 'Let them eat cake'
Similar:
inconsiderate (lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others)
Context examples
As a result, you may feel under intense pressure by your partner or be upset by his or her uncaring attitude.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
He thought of the wild delight that would have been his had this happened a few short months before, and he contrasted that delight that should have been with his present uncaring coldness.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I drew a great couch out of its place near the corner, so that as I lay, I could look at the lovely view to east and south, and unthinking of and uncaring for the dust, composed myself for sleep.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
But in the meantime, awaiting the publication of the books, he must do something more than live dazed and stupid in the sort of uncaring trance into which he had fallen.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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