callous
Example Sentences
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I don’t want to sound callous, but as events turned out, he never needed the higher benefit.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
One place to start is reversing the agency’s arbitrary and callous rejections of rare disease and cancer treatments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
The idea that a warning should change the legal calculus of excessive force, now at the center of both of these cases, is callous and illogical.
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2026
He added: "Grieving families will be furious that someone in such a senior position even thought of saying something so callous and offensive."
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
It sounded like a callous way to put things, but the way he phrased it, so soft and concerned, I liked him.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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