Meanings
adjectivedead-hearted (comparative more dead-hearted, superlative most dead-hearted)
comparative more dead-hearted · superlative most dead-hearted
- alternativeAlternative form of deadhearted.
An eighteenth-century planter in Virginia complained: "My people seem to be quite dead-hearted and either cannot or will not work."
1981, David G. Sweet, Gary B. Nash, Struggle and Survival in Colonial America, →ISBN, page 125
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dead-hearted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dead-hearted
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“dead-hearted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dead-hearted. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dead-hearted,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dead-hearted.
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