heartlessness

Variant of heartless

heartless definition

heart·less (härt′lis)

adjective

  1. Archaic lacking spirit, courage, or enthusiasm
  2. lacking kindness or feeling; hard and pitiless

Etymology: ME herteles < OE heortleas

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