soulless
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- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 8
/ˈsəʊl.ləs/
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/ˈsəʊl.ləs/ · /ˈsoʊl.ləs/ · [ˈsoʊɫ.ləs]
Definition of soulless
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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As if without a soul; insensitive, unfeeling.
“Go backe I warrant thee: but Ile catch thine eyes / Though they had wings. Slaue, Soule-leſſe, Villain, Dog. / O rarely baſe!”
“Oh! who young Leila's glance could read / And keep that portion of his creed / Which saith, that woman is but dust, / A soulless toy for tyrant's lust?”
““Done?” he said, with a soulless sneer in the word.”
“Number One had never before seen a woman, but the sight of this one awoke in the unplumbed depths of his soulless breast a great desire to lay his hands upon her.”
“But I do believe there’s another path—one that fuels growth and innovation, and offers the clearest route to individual opportunity and national success. It does not require succumbing to a soulless capitalism that benefits only the few, but rather recognizes that economies are more successful when we close the gap between rich and poor, and growth is broadly based.”
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Etymology
From Middle English soulelez; equivalent to soul + -less. Compare Old English sāwollēas; the Middle English word likely is a re-formation.
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