affectless
adjective
af·fect·less
ˈa-ˌfekt-ləs 
a-ˈfekt-
: showing or expressing no emotion
affectlessness
noun
Synonyms
- callous
- case-hardened
- cold-blooded
- compassionless
- desensitized
- hard
- hard-boiled
- hard-hearted
- heartless
- indurate
- inhuman
- inhumane
- insensate
- insensitive
- ironhearted
- merciless
- obdurate
- pachydermatous
- pitiless
- remorseless
- ruthless
- slash-and-burn
- soulless
- stony
- stoney
- stonyhearted
- take-no-prisoners
- thick-skinned
- uncharitable
- unfeeling
- unmerciful
- unsparing
- unsympathetic
Examples of affectless in a Sentence
an affectless analysis of the cost of the war purely in pecuniary terms
the accused remained affectless throughout the long trial
Recent Examples on the Web
Actually, Stone’s voiceover isn’t affectless.
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2022
And the key to the mystery — not the solution to it but the dark center of it — is Swinton Byrne’s quiet, reserved, at times almost affectless performance.
—New York Times, 7 Dec. 2021
Skarsgård does well with the character’s daytime ambiguity (tight-faced, affectless) and nighttime plotting (observant, physically lithe).
—Vulture, 27 Apr. 2022
The clip is entirely affectless—an authentic moment of pure lyricism.
—John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2022
And the key to the mystery — not the solution to it but the dark center of it — is Swinton Byrne’s quiet, reserved, at times almost affectless performance.
—New York Times, 7 Dec. 2021
Skarsgård does well with the character’s daytime ambiguity (tight-faced, affectless) and nighttime plotting (observant, physically lithe).
—Vulture, 27 Apr. 2022
The clip is entirely affectless—an authentic moment of pure lyricism.
—John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
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“Affectless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affectless. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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