a government run by soulless bureaucrats These companies are heartless, soulless, money-making machines. The houses in the new development are completely soulless.
Recent Examples on the WebThe ideal of what a good life looks like has been hollowed out over years of unchecked capitalism, encouraged by the merciless policies of soulless governments. Danielle Pender, refinery29.com, 30 Aug. 2022 The assortment used to be housed in a soulless, cavernous space close to that palace complex in the Fontvieille district, about as inconvenient a site as possible in a 499-acre country (that’s smaller than Central Park). Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2022 The government is convinced that Nathan Carman is a pitiless, soulless young man who, seeking not fame but the fortune his grandfather passed along to his mother and her sisters, was willing to kill the woman who gave him life. Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2022 But the soulless expediency runs in both directions. Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2022 D’Angelo, who could have easily been cast as a soulless killer, instead is a middle-aged man who has just lost his adult daughter to cancer. David James, Anchorage Daily News, 31 July 2022 Today, when everyone is trying to go viral and artists are judged by the most soulless Internet metrics, the value of an alternative seems more important than ever.New York Times, 14 July 2022 Being soulless and not caring about other human beings is a destructive path, not a constructive one.San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2022 Morbius, a mediocre superhero movie starring a famously unlikable actor (who killed the meme with a single tweet), became internet-famous by virtue of being soulless and boring, a movie that nobody wanted to watch. Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 6 July 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of soulless was before the 12th century