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• Callous, drunkardly and unscrupulous, Mrs Gamp is the archetype of the uncaring and uneducated midwife.1968, Madeleine Riley, Brought to Bed, South Brunswick; New York: A. S. Barnes and Company. From the entry drunkardly
• At one period I received sufficient 'smackings' to grow callous, almost careless, about them.1961, Oswald Frewen, Sailor's Soliloquy, page 33. From the entry smackless
• The past is like a seamonster; it stretches out it’s callous arms and drags a man down—down.1913, A. Patrick, Jr., Jimmy: A Play in One Act, New York, N.Y.; London: Samuel French, page 7. From the entry seamonster
• Am I such a callous blodger, then?2008, Donna Kauffman, The Royal Hunter: A Novel, page 115. From the entry blodger
• Carthage too was in the hands of the vaniloquent and extravagant Hasdrubal, gross in appearance and utterly callous.1977, Willy Peremans, Historiographia antiqua. From the entry vaniloquent
• It was ill-judged, callous and insensitive.2020 August 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment Special: Catastrophe at Carmont”, in Rail, page 4. From the entry ill-judged
• It succeeded in portraying environmentalists as guilt tripping, callous and vindictive – exactly the colours in which climate change deniers had been painting them for years.2011 May 12, David Burrows, Anna Simpson, Martin Wright, “Winning the persuasion game”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London…. From the entry guilt trip
• I remember once being involved in the production of a film that was made to the accompaniment of howls that would have put the most callous laugh-track to shame.2002, P. Adams Sitney, Visionary Film: The American Avant-Garde, 1943-2000, →ISBN, page 72. From the entry laugh-track
• Pinnae subentire or slightly repand, gradually short-acuminate; under surface provided with gland-like, hamiform hairs; main rachis provided with a callous gland at the place of insertion of the pinnae.1916, Cornelis Rugier Willem Karel Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh, Malayan Ferns and Fern Allies, Landsdrukkerij, page 177. From the entry hamiform
• The pain which the king suffered would have softened any ordinary heart; but the murderer was a hard and callous wretch, and his brazen eyes outlooked the king.1911, Henry Gilbert, chapter 11, in King Arthur’s Knights: The Tales Retold for Boys & Girls, Edinburgh & London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, page 299. From the entry outlook
• McPhee, the president of Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, said that the university had fired an employee who made “inappropriate and callous comments on social media” after the shooting.2025 September 11, Benjamin Mullin, “MSNBC Fires Matthew Dowd, Who Said Charlie Kirk Pushed Hate Speech”, in The New York Times, New York…. From the entry Murfreesboro
• It is off the charts and tiring, often involving regurgitated trivia or fabricated stories with no evidence to support callous statements about the country, demonstrating a deep lack of understanding.2023 February 21, Chandran Nair, “Anti-China Rhetoric Is Off the Charts in Western Media”, in The Diplomat, archived from the original on…. From the entry off the charts
• We think it's time the people whose lives are being affected by callous indifference and malignant neglect let elected representatives and government agencies know their concerns in no uncertain terms.1991 December 1, Dawn Schmitz, quoting Reggie Williams, “African American AIDS Money Cut”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 20…. From the entry in no uncertain terms

Meaning of callous

1. adjective Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.
2. adjective Having calluses, or relating to calluses.

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How do you use callous in a sentence?

Callous is used as an adjective. For example: “She was so callous that she could criticise a cancer patient for wearing a wig.”

What is a short sentence with callous?

“It was ill-judged, callous and insensitive.”

What does callous mean?

Callous means emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.