Meanings
comparative more uncompassionate · superlative most uncompassionate
- Not compassionate.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivelacking compassion or feeling for others
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishcompassionate
- Englishuncompassionate
From un- + compassionate.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
uncompassionate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncompassionate
“uncompassionate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncompassionate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncompassionate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncompassionate.
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