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  • 61ruthless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. relentless, merciless, inexorable, cruel. See severity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Without pity; said of persons ] Syn. pitiless, unpitying, merciless, unmerciful, tigerish, feral, ferine, ferocious …

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  • 62uncaring — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. indifferent, uninterested; thoughtless, inconsiderate. See neglect, inattention. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. indifferent, impassive, remote, uninvolved. see apathetic III (Roget s Thesaurus II) …

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  • 63unmerciful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. merciless, pitiless, inhuman, cruel; unfeeling, relentless, unrelenting; stern, hardhearted, cold blooded, callous. See malevolence, severity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. merciless, pitiless,… …

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  • 64unmoved — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unaffected, impassive, unsympathetic, etc.; unconvinced, firm, unwavering, unshaken, steadfast. See insensibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not moved physically] Syn. firm, stable, motionless,… …

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  • 65uncharitable — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unforgiving, censorious, ungenerous, mean spirited, selfish; see also cruel 2 , unmerciful . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Not sympathetic: uncaring, uncompassionate, unmoved, unpitying, unstirred, unsympathetic,… …

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  • 66untouched — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not harmed] Syn. intact, whole, secure, unbroken, in good order, unharmed, unscathed, in good condition, in a good state of preservation, safe and sound, out of danger, shipshape. 2. [Not contaminated] Syn. virgin,… …

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  • 67uncompassionate — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Not sympathetic: uncaring, uncharitable, unmoved, unpitying, unstirred, unsympathetic, untouched. See FEELINGS …

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  • 68unstirred — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Not sympathetic: uncaring, uncharitable, uncompassionate, unmoved, unpitying, unsympathetic, untouched. See FEELINGS …

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  • 69dysphemism — 1884, substitution of a vulgar or derogatory word or expression for a dignified or normal one, from Gk. dys bad, abnormal, difficult (see DYS (Cf. dys )) + pheme speaking, from phanai speak (see FAME (Cf. fame); Gk. dysphemia meant ill language,… …

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  • 70hard-hearted — a. Cruel, unfeeling, merciless, unmerciful, uncompassionate, unpitying, ruthless, fell, pitiless, relentless, unrelenting, inexorable, implacable, barbarous, savage, ferocious, inhuman …

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