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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heartless \Heart"less\, a.
     1. Without a heart.
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              You have left me heartless; mine is in your bosom.
                                                    --J. Webster.


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     2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despondent.
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              Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their
              ground.                               --Dryden.
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              Heartless and melancholy.             --W. Irwing.
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     3. Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel.
        "The heartless parasites." --Byron. -- {Heart"less*ly},
        adv. -- {Heart"less*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  heartlessness
       n : an absence of concern for the welfare of others [syn: {coldheartedness},
            {hardheartedness}]

















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