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# heartless

adjective

«heartless» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Cruel and unkind; not caring about other people's feelings: a heartless thing to say. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartless/#m1)

### In the lessons

In stories villains are heartless; in everyday life ignoring someone who is hurt or laughing at their sadness is heartless. Phrases: «a heartless act», «how heartless!».

### Examples

- It was heartless to laugh when she fell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartless/#x1)
- The heartless giant took the villagers' food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartless/#x2)
- Leaving the puppy out in the rain was heartless. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartless/#x3)
- Don't be heartless — help him up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartless/#x4)
- The villain gave a heartless laugh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartless/#x5)
- People called the landlord heartless for evicting the family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartless/#x6)
- Jane stopped crying to say: "You are heartless." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartless/#x7)

### Note

-less means «without»: heartless = without a heart (without kindness). Opposite: kind-hearted, caring. Noun: heartlessness.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «heartless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartless/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«heartless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/heartless.html) on Mova free.