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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Heartless \Heart"less\, a. 1. Without a heart. You have left me heartess; mine is in your bosom. --J. Webster. 2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despodent. Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their ground. --Dryden. Heartless and melancholy. --W. Irwing. 3. Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel. ``The heartless parasites.'' --Byron. -- {Heart"less*ly}, adv -- {Heart"less*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: heartlessness n : an absence of concern for the welfare of others [syn: {coldheartedness}, {hardheartedness}]
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