callous
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In September 2021, a federal judge ordered GEO Group to discontinue use of HDQ Neutral at the Adelanto facility, writing that it had been used “with a callous disregard for the safety of Adelanto’s detainees.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Treating that as a casual fallback plan, when they could take a reverse mortgage if need be, seems naive at best, and callous at worst.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
“Primetime” presents itself as a story about Hansen’s callous quest for ratings and notoriety at the expense of his tact, but the portrait is unfinished.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
The company responded with a statement calling her suit “especially sad and distressing in its callous disregard for the horrific and prolonged global effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
I felt rather exhausted, and wondered, rather shocked at my callous thought, why old people were sometimes such a strain.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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