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Adjective
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Letscher, so unlike his character, played the baddie so well: cold, calculated, and heartless.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
19 May 2025 -
Such a bird’s eye view of existence, however, can lead to extremely problematic lines of thought that are heartless at best, and actively eugenicist at worst.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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The title, in Muslim eschatology, refers to a narrow bridge between Paradise and Hell, which is fitting, insofar as Laxe’s movie is both a nightmarish experience and an exhilarating one—a pitiless ordeal that is nonetheless underpinned by extraordinary love and tenderness.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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Gilroy drew upon his lifelong study of historical revolutions to inform the show’s interweaving storylines of payroll heists and gulag escapes, street riots and false flag operations, squabbling freedom fighters and pitiless secret police.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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Having bounced around uncaring foster homes as a child, Mike maintains minimal contact with his adoptive parents and is skeptical about how much help the authorities can provide with his rehabilitation.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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In recent years, Update has emerged as the most reliable segment in an often-uneven show, as Che and Jost honed their oddball chemistry as an uncaring provocateur paired with a snarky guy willing to parody his own privilege.—
Eric Deggans,
NPR,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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Joel, a hard-hearted smuggler, and Ellie, a headstrong teenager immune to the fungal pandemic that’s decimated the planet.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2025
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Linda finds her own therapist (Conan O’Brien) insufferably hard-hearted; one of her own patients (Danielle Macdonald) gets ignored in a moment of crisis; a man named James (A$AP Rocky), the super at the motel, befriends her but gets little to show for it but insult and injury.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Tabo turns, in his mother’s eyes, into a cold and unfeeling stone.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2025
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So much modern football is mechanical and unfeeling; Joao Felix is loose and breezy.—
Jack Lang,
The Athletic,
9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The coldhearted killers who ruin Eden for the rest of us.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
2 Mar. 2025
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Cephus ducks the Vietnam draft and does time in prison, then reluctantly skips town and heads north, to the coldhearted streets of New York.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
14 June 2024
Adjective
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Trump’s approach appeared to be built on an assumption that China’s economy was brittle, and Beijing would buckle under pressure.—
Ryan Hass,
Time,
30 May 2025
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In more recent editions, the bedrock was described as brittle by many experienced climbers and mountain guides.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Stock tip: Migrate to icier territories… Aston Villa 6/1 Last five results: WLWWW A two-goal deficit to overcome in the Champions League quarter-final return leg against Paris Saint-Germain next week likely spells the end of Villa’s European aspirations.—
Brett Koremenos,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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The relationship between Ye and Cole has been icy for some time.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Kindless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindless. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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