unempathetic

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adjective

Lacking empathy.

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Meanings

adjectiveunempathetic (comparative more unempathetic, superlative most unempathetic)

comparative more unempathetic · superlative most unempathetic

  1. Lacking empathy.

    But he could be equally exasperating, obsessive, unempathetic and prone to sudden fits of violence that, invariably, filled him with remorse and self-loathing after the fact.

    2009 September 24, Sarah Lyall, “Recalling a Home That Really Is a Castle”, in New York Times

Origin

From un- + empathetic.

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APA

unempathetic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unempathetic

MLA

“unempathetic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unempathetic. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unempathetic,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unempathetic.

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