: having no soul or no greatness or warmth of mind or feeling
soullessly
adverb
soullessness
noun
Synonyms
- affectless
- 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
- stony
- stoney
- stonyhearted
- take-no-prisoners
- thick-skinned
- uncharitable
- unfeeling
- unmerciful
- unsparing
- unsympathetic
Examples of soulless in a Sentence
a government run by soulless bureaucrats
These companies are heartless, soulless, money-making machines.
The houses in the new development are completely soulless.
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Once cut, Austin is untethered, easily swept away in the latest economic and social changes, and easily replaced by other cities that are similarly ephemeral and soulless.
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Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 18 June 2024
In the Jodie Foster–directed Money Monster, his soulless character gets taken hostage during a live taping of his show by a gun-toting man (Jack O’Connell) who took his stock tips and went bust in the process.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
Without people who stay there, a place is soulless.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 14 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Off the field, the 130 acres that surround Angel Stadium sit barren and soulless.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
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Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 18 June 2024
In the Jodie Foster–directed Money Monster, his soulless character gets taken hostage during a live taping of his show by a gun-toting man (Jack O’Connell) who took his stock tips and went bust in the process.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
Without people who stay there, a place is soulless.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 14 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Off the field, the 130 acres that surround Angel Stadium sit barren and soulless.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
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“Soulless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soulless. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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soulless
adverb
soul·less
ˈsōl-ləs 
: having no soul or no greatness or nobleness of mind or feeling
soullessly
adverb
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