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unsympathizing

unsympathizing adjective: failing to sympathize; lacking sympathy.

Adjective

unsympathizing (not comparable)

  1. Failing to sympathize; lacking sympathy
    • It is often affirmed that utilitarianism renders men cold and unsympathizing; that it chills their moral feelings towards individuals; that it makes them regard only the dry and hard consideration of the consequences of actions, not taking into their moral estimate the qualities from which those...1861, John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism
    Synonyms:
    unsympathetic

Synonyms of unsympathizing

Forms of unsympathizing

alternative formunsympathising

Origin of unsympathizing

From un- + sympathizing.

Words formed from unsympathizing

Questions about unsympathizing

What does unsympathizing mean?
Unsympathizing means failing to sympathize; lacking sympathy.
What part of speech is unsympathizing?
Unsympathizing is an adjective.

Words near unsympathizing in the dictionary

  1. unsympatheticness
  2. unsympathising
  3. unsympathized
  4. unsympathizer
  5. unsympathizers
  6. unsympathizing
  7. unsympathizingly
  8. unsympathy
  9. unsymphonic
  10. unsymphonious
  11. unsymptomatic

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