Dead-hearted

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of deadhearted. alt-of, alternative

    "An eighteenth-century planter in Virginia complained: "My people seem to be quite dead-hearted and either cannot or will not work.""

Example

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"An eighteenth-century planter in Virginia complained: "My people seem to be quite dead-hearted and either cannot or will not work.""

Etymology

From dead + hearted.

Related phrases

dead-heartedlydead-heartedness

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