unloving

Example Sentences

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To connect maternal regret with unloving and neglectful parenting is a careless assumption, according to Israeli sociologist Orna Donath, author of Regretting Motherhood: A Study.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

That isolation only makes us cold, cruel, unfriendly, unloving and incurious when we venture into the world and cross paths with all of the incredible people who inhabit it.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2025

McVicar has emphasized Carlos’s similarities to Hamlet, and the emotional damage that has resulted from his broken relationship with Elisabeth and his unloving father.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2022

Protecting yourself does not mean that you are unforgiving or unloving.

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2021

I thought that because of her sharp tongue and unloving ways, she would not find a welcome in her brother’s home.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan