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uncaring

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N K EH1 R IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Characterized by a lack of care; not caring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • His uncaring attitude did not win him many friends.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: indifferent, unconcerned, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé, blithe, deaf, cool, shiftless, dispassionate, dull, enervated, gallionic, halfhearted, heartless, impassive, ineffervescible, insouciant, insensible, jaded, languid, languorous, Laodicean, lethargic, listless, lackadaisical, lotophagous, lukewarm, meh, mopey, nonchalant, nonplussed, otiose, phlegmatic, pococurante, spiritless, supine, tepid, torpid, torpedinous, unaroused, uncaring, unenthusiastic, unimpressible, uninterested, unlively, unmoved, untouched, unzealous, world-weary, alexithymic, clinical, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, dead inside, emotionless, immovable, impassible, nonemotional, nonfeeling, nonpassionate, nonsentimental, stolid, unemotional, unfeeling, unmovable, unpassionate, unsentimental

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Lack or absence of caring

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

without care or thought for others

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; `Let them eat cake'

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: thoughtless, unthinking

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

lacking affection or warm feeling

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an uncaring person

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: detached, unaffectionate

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + caring.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: нехаен (nehaen) — showing a lack of concern
  • Bulgarian: незаинтересован (nezainteresovan) — showing a lack of concern
  • German: gefühllos — showing a lack of concern
  • German: lieblos — showing a lack of concern
  • Greek: αδιάφορος (adiáforos) — showing a lack of concern
  • Greek: άπονος (áponos) — showing a lack of concern
  • Middle English: unkynde — showing a lack of concern