callousness
Example Sentences
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Mr. Trump is taking note of the Mexican president’s public callousness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
It was an act of the most horrendous callousness and self-interest.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
Jobless inertia and financial strife breed a cruelty that isn’t dissimilar from the cold strike of an employer maintaining their bottom line, cutting 100 workers with the same callousness that they’d cut 1,000.
From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025
If you weren’t turned off by the perception of callousness, the distraction of watching the level of charity pot dwindle while people thanked their mothers, spouses and co-workers was aggravating.
From Salon • Sep. 15, 2025
They need their callousness, they need their ignorance.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing callousness
The Stranger
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Richard Adams (1920-2016) Tribute List
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