callousness
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It was an act of the most horrendous callousness and self-interest.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
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
As Kilgore, Duvall captures this callousness in a famous scene.
From Salon • Sep. 9, 2025
Border Patrol vehicles at the time carried no lifesaving equipment, which “suggested callousness, if not criminal neglect,” Human Rights Watch argued.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2024
But he wasn’t afraid to say it: my callousness inspired in him a horror nearly greater than that which he felt at the crime of parricide.
From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus
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The Stranger
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Richard Adams (1920-2016) Tribute List
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