Kindless
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Unnatural; lacking expected feeling or ability. archaic, literary
"Poore Thamar, little did thy louely hands Foretell an action of ſuch violence, As to contend with Ammons luſty armes, Sinnewd with vigor of his kindleſſe loue, Faire Thamar now diſhonour hunts thy foot,"
- 2 Heartless; destitute of kindness. archaic
"For a selfish and kindless nature no apologist dare appear : while in behalf of those who err from the excess of generous affections, there standeth ever a mediating angel between them and their worst offences."
- 3 Having no specific kind, unspecified, general.
"Types are called kindless if their interface has been specified, but we have not yet decided how to describe their behavior and we do not know their kind. We have currently implemented kindless objects as regular objects with a predefined behavior."
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More examples"Poore Thamar, little did thy louely hands Foretell an action of ſuch violence, As to contend with Ammons luſty armes, Sinnewd with vigor of his kindleſſe loue, Faire Thamar now diſhonour hunts thy foot,"
Etymology
From kind (“inherent quality, nature”, noun) + -less. Compare Middle English kindelæs (“incapable of generation, barren”). The sense "destitute of kindness" is likely influenced by kind (“benevolent; affectionate”, adjective).
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