Meaning & use
unempathetic
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lacking the ability or willingness to understand and share the feelings of others.
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His unempathetic response to her bad news left her feeling dismissed.
Critics called the policy unempathetic toward struggling families.
A note on using this word
Unempathetic is a more recent formation than 'unsympathetic'; both are acceptable, but 'unsympathetic' remains more common in formal writing.
Words with a similar meaning
insensitiveunsympathetic
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