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callousness

[kal-uhs-nis] / ˈkæl əs nɪs /














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We knew this from past cross-country trips, but we felt surprised all over again—perhaps because of the callousness we perceive among people we see in the news.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

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

Petty bureaucratic rules are enforced with a cruel callousness.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024

“During debate prep, I would not allow her to get comfortable, in order for her to develop some sort of instinct, or callousness, to anything that could come up.”

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2024

Even as the cruel words left my mouth, I felt terrible about their callousness.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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