"compassionless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From compassion + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|compassion|less}} compassion + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} compassionless (not comparable)
  1. Without compassion; hardhearted. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: compassionlessly, compassionlessness
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          "word": "despiteful"
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          "word": "spiteful"
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          "word": "unbenign"
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          "word": "unkind"
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          "word": "unmerciful"
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          "word": "brutal"
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          "word": "callous"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:stern",
          "word": "cold"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:stern",
          "word": "cold-eyed"
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          "word": "cruel"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stern",
          "word": "dour"
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          "word": "flint-hearted"
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          "word": "forbidding"
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          "word": "frosty"
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          "word": "hardhearted"
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          "word": "heartless"
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          "word": "humorless"
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          "word": "severe"
        },
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stern",
          "word": "stonehearted"
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          "word": "stony"
        },
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          "word": "stonyhearted"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:stern",
          "word": "tough"
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          "word": "unsympathetic"
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          "word": "callous"
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        {
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          "word": "dour"
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          "word": "flint-hearted"
        },
        {
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          "word": "forbidding"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stern",
          "word": "frosty"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stern",
          "word": "grim"
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          "word": "hard"
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          "word": "severe"
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          "word": "stonehearted"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stern",
          "word": "strict"
        },
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        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stern",
          "word": "unsympathetic"
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