heartlessness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

heartlessness
    n 1: an absence of concern for the welfare of others [syn:
         {heartlessness}, {coldheartedness}, {hardheartedness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Heartless \Heart"less\, a.
   1. Without a heart.
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            You have left me heartless; mine is in your bosom.
                                                  --J. Webster.
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   2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despondent.
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            Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their
            ground.                               --Dryden.
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            Heartless and melancholy.             --W. Irwing.
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   3. Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel.
      "The heartless parasites." --Byron. -- {Heart"less*ly},
      adv. -- {Heart"less*ness}, n.
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