unsympathetic
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Synonyms & Antonyms for unsympathetic
Synonyms
affectless, callous, case-hardened, cold-blooded, compassionless, desensitized, hard, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, heartless, indurate, inhuman, inhumane, insensate, insensitive, ironhearted, merciless, obdurate, pachydermatous, pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, slash-and-burn, soulless, stony (also stoney), stonyhearted, take-no-prisoners, thick-skinned, uncharitable, unfeeling, unmerciful, unsparing
Antonyms
charitable, compassionate, humane, kindhearted, kindly, merciful, sensitive, softhearted, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, warm, warmhearted
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Any heart the story might have accessed is sacrificed to directorial fussiness and characters both remote and unsympathetic. — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Ema': Film Review | Venice 2019," 31 Aug. 2019 This also happens to be the same period of time during which Jair Bolsonaro, a climate change denier who is unsympathetic to rainforest preservation efforts, took over as president of Brazil, which is home to 60% of the Amazon rainforest. — Rose Stokes, refinery29.com, "Environmental Horror & Political Scandal: What You Need To Know About The Amazon Rainforest Fires," 24 Aug. 2019 The appeal delayed a trial that had been set for July 2018 before a judge who was unsympathetic to Facebook’s arguments for limiting its legal exposure. — Joel Rosenblatt, Los Angeles Times, "Facebook loses appeal, must face class action over facial recognition," 8 Aug. 2019 In a move out of Whiplash, his unsympathetic professor forced him to sit this Jeff Lorber Fusion song anyway. — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, "A Musical Memoir: Ben Folds Shares 10 Songs That Shaped His Life," 6 Aug. 2019 Today, with both an administration and a Supreme Court unsympathetic to unions, a revival seems even less likely. — Eli Lehrer, National Review, "The Next Union Era," 25 July 2019 From his teens onward, Simenon had enjoyed the company of prostitutes, and there’s rarely an unsympathetic streetwalker, call girl, bar girl, dance-hall girl, mistress, or courtesan to be found in his books. — Vince Passaro, Harper's magazine, "Maigret All Day," 22 July 2019 People unsympathetic to Madonna’s cause are not likely to be moved; people sympathetic to her cause are left feeling drained. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "The Paradox of Madonna’s Gun-Control Music Video," 3 July 2019 Hunt's nervy performance as the outwardly unsympathetic Jackie, struggling to remain a dutiful wife and loving mother in the face of bitter recriminations and sinister revelations, is finely rendered. — Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter, "'I See You': Film Review | Edinburgh 2019," 8 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unsympathetic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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