uncaring
Showing no concern
Uncaring describes a lack of concern or sympathy for others.
An uncaring parent neglects a child's emotional needs.
An uncaring bureaucracy processes people without regard for their circumstances.
The word implies coldness or indifference where warmth would be expected: He gave an uncaring shrug when told about the layoffs.
Without feeling or concern
- indifferentLacking interest or concern
- unconcernedFeeling no worry
- unfeelingWithout compassion or emotion
- unsympatheticWithout pity or understanding
dispassionate · emotionless · unmoved · impassive · nonchalant · stoic · phlegmatic · blasé
Failing to react or reply
- insensitiveUnaware of others' emotions
- unempatheticLacking emotional understanding
- obtuseLacking mental sharpness
- tone-deafCannot perceive pitch differences
imperceptive · thick-skinned · numb · deadened · unreceptive · closed-off · impervious · obdurate
Lacking pity or mercy
- callousCruelly insensitive to others
- cruelWillfully causing suffering
- pitilessLacking any compassion
- mercilessShowing no clemency
ruthless · hardhearted · uncompassionate · stony · soulless · harsh · brutal · unmerciful
Failing to care properly
- negligentFailing in due care
- inattentiveNot paying attention
- heedlessCareless of consequences
- remissNeglectful of duty
irresponsible · forgetful · lax · derelict · slipshod · abandoning · disregarding · oblivious
Emotionally withdrawn, uninviting
- distantFar away or aloof
- remoteDistant or controller
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
- reservedRestrained in manner
standoffish · impersonal · inaccessible · frosty · chilly · icy · glacial · forbidding
apathetic
Without feeling or concern
- indifferentLacking interest or concern
- unconcernedFeeling no worry
- unfeelingWithout compassion or emotion
unsympathetic · dispassionate · emotionless · unmoved · impassive · nonchalant · stoic · phlegmatic · blasé · unemotional
unresponsive
Failing to react or reply
- insensitiveUnaware of others' emotions
- unempatheticLacking emotional understanding
- obtuseLacking mental sharpness
tone-deaf · imperceptive · thick-skinned · numb · deadened · unreceptive · closed-off · impervious · obdurate · hardened
heartless
Lacking pity or mercy
merciless · ruthless · hardhearted · uncompassionate · stony · soulless · harsh · brutal · unmerciful · remorseless
neglectful
Failing to care properly
- negligentFailing in due care
- inattentiveNot paying attention
- heedlessCareless of consequences
remiss · irresponsible · forgetful · lax · derelict · slipshod · abandoning · disregarding · oblivious · unobservant
aloof
Emotionally withdrawn, uninviting
reserved · standoffish · impersonal · inaccessible · frosty · chilly · icy · glacial · forbidding · unapproachable
- cold-heartedcallous, cold, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, cruel
- detachmentemotional numbness, detached, dispassion, disengaged, indifference
- dismissive behaviorssnub, scorn, ignore, disdain, dismissal
- out of touchdisconnected, oblivious, unaware, clueless, detached
- egotismarrogant, conceited, egocentric, egomaniac, egotist
- selfish traitsselfish, greedy, self-centered, self-absorbed, egotistical
uncaringcaring
Showing kind concern
compassionate · loving · concerned · considerate · sympathetic
uncaringloving
Feeling deep affection
kind · kind-hearted · kindhearted · tender · warm
uncaringcompassionate
Showing concern for sufferers
sympathetic · empathetic · empathic · understanding · sensitive