a heartless boss who would fire people for missing work, even if they were sick as a dog
a heartless enemy that takes no prisoners
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Though mean-spirited, the jester Rigoletto — Verdi’s hapless, vengeful hunchback — wins our hearts as the outsider whom a heartless world so often abuses.—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025 The heartless Chevy driver ran Cifuni over, dragging her the wrong way down a one-way street before crashing into two other vehicles and then running off.—John Annese, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025 Letscher, so unlike his character, played the baddie so well: cold, calculated, and heartless.—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 19 May 2025 Such a bird’s eye view of existence, however, can lead to extremely problematic lines of thought that are heartless at best, and actively eugenicist at worst.—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for heartless
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