uncaring
uncaring adjective: characterized by a lack of care; not caring.
Adjective
uncaring (comparative more uncaring, superlative most uncaring)
- Characterized by a lack of care; not caring.
- His uncaring attitude did not win him many friends.
- Please, get out of my elite uncaring face.2006 October 19, Wee Shu Min, Response to Derek Wee's blog
- Synonyms:
- indifferent, unconcerned, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé, blithe, deaf, cool, shiftless
Noun
uncaring (uncountable)
- Lack or absence of caring
- To accomplish this end, each of the three components contains two levels: verbal caring and uncaring, nonverbal caring and uncaring, and technically competent and incompetent behavior.1988, Madeleine M. Leininger, Care, Discovery and Uses in Clinical and Community Nursing
uncaring meaning in Hindi and Bengali
uncaring in Hindi
- uncaring, indifferent, nonchalant; lifeless
- सर्द sard
uncaring in Bengali
- উদাসীন
Synonyms of uncaring
- indifferent
- unconcerned
- adiaphroistic
- apathetic
- apathistical
- blasé
- blithe
- deaf
- cool
- shiftless
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Forms of uncaring
| comparative | more uncaring |
|---|---|
| superlative | most uncaring |
Origin of uncaring
From un- + caring.
Words formed from uncaring
Questions about uncaring
- What does uncaring mean?
- Uncaring means characterized by a lack of care; not caring.
- What is uncaring in Hindi?
- Uncaring in Hindi is सर्द (sard). See Uncaring meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is uncaring?
- Uncaring can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near uncaring in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: uncaring (page history and authors); सर्द (Hindi) (page history and authors); uncaring (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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