Soulless

//ˈsəʊl.ləs// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    As if without a soul; insensitive, unfeeling.

    "Go backe I warrant thee: but Ile catch thine eyes / Though they had wings. Slaue, Soule-leſſe, Villain, Dog. / O rarely baſe!"

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking sensitivity or the capacity for deep feeling wordnet

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Example

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"It is the broken people, the outcasts, that give the world its flavor. Otherwise, the world would be nothing but a bunch of soulless jerkoffs."

Etymology

From Middle English soulelez; equivalent to soul + -less. Compare Old English sāwollēas; the Middle English word likely is a re-formation.

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