Soulless
adjective
Lacking empathy, human warmth, or any kind of emotion. Like a robot or machine.
His soulless eyes scared me.
Often appears as...
- soulless eyes
- soulless machine
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Disapproving
adjective
Lacking character, interest, or spirit. It's boring and not inspiring.
The soulless design of the building left me unimpressed.
Often appears as...
- soulless design
- soulless office
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Disapproving
adjective
Lacking moral or spiritual values.
His soulless deeds made people despise him.
Often appears as...
- soulless deeds
- soulless behavior
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Disapproving
adjective
Lacking empathy, human warmth, or any kind of emotion. Like a robot or machine.
His soulless eyes scared me.
Often appears as...
- soulless eyes
- soulless machine
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Lacking character, interest, or spirit. It's boring and not inspiring.
The soulless design of the building left me unimpressed.
Often appears as...
- soulless design
- soulless office
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Lacking moral or spiritual values.
His soulless deeds made people despise him.
Often appears as...
- soulless deeds
- soulless behavior
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotionless Connotation
Use 'soulless' to express a strong lack of emotion in a person or their eyes.
The villain's soulless stare made everyone uncomfortable.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Literal
'Soulless' is often metaphorical, not meaning someone literally lacks a soul.
He laughed at the misfortune of others, his laughter sounding soulless.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Feeling
Calling someone 'soulless' is serious and creates a negative impression of them.
The way she dismissed their plight was unexpectedly soulless.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotionless Connotation
Use 'soulless' to express a strong lack of emotion in a person or their eyes.
The villain's soulless stare made everyone uncomfortable.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Literal
'Soulless' is often metaphorical, not meaning someone literally lacks a soul.
He laughed at the misfortune of others, his laughter sounding soulless.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Feeling
Calling someone 'soulless' is serious and creates a negative impression of them.
The way she dismissed their plight was unexpectedly soulless.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotionless Connotation
Use 'soulless' to express a strong lack of emotion in a person or their eyes.
The villain's soulless stare made everyone uncomfortable.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Literal
'Soulless' is often metaphorical, not meaning someone literally lacks a soul.
He laughed at the misfortune of others, his laughter sounding soulless.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Feeling
Calling someone 'soulless' is serious and creates a negative impression of them.
The way she dismissed their plight was unexpectedly soulless.
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How Syria's architecture...
while rows of soulless housing or tower blocks, even when they are luxurious, tend to promote isolation and "otherness." Even simple things like shaded places or fruit plants or drinking water inside the city can make a difference in how people feel towards the place, and whether they consider it a generous place that gives,
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Neil and Katy Discuss...
The rest don't. So where do they go? They're part of the number of human beings that will never, ever be born. Well, is that because there's not enough souls? There's already so many people in the world, though. That would be something if you ran out of souls. What would a soulless person look like?
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The dark history of...
and turn it into a soulless zombi that will perform their bidding. Historically, these zombis were said to be put to work as laborers who needed neither food nor rest and would enrich their captor’s fortune. In other words, zombification seemed to represent the horrors of enslavement
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A funny look at the...
know what you say right now there's no way this guy's going to stand up here and make a case for the DMV well I don't know about you but I do not want to live in a world where harsh fluorescent lights endless lines terrible forms to fill out and disaffected soulless
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Ellen Dunham-Jones:...
You know, none of us really tend to do the math on our transportation costs, and they're not going down any time soon. Whether you love suburbia's leafy privacy or you hate its soulless commercial strips, there are reasons why it's important to retrofit.
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A funny look at the...
and make a case for the DMV." Well, I don't know about you, but I do not want to live in a world where harsh fluorescent lights, endless lines, terrible forms to fill out and disaffected, soulless bureaucrats remind me
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Retrofitting suburbia -...
to do the math on our transportation costs and they're not going down anytime soon whether you love suburbia zli fee privacy or you it's soulless commercial strips there are reasons why it's important to
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Urban architecture...
It also reflects the nature around us. It also reflects our soul and spirit. So, as an architect, I don't think in the future we should repeat those soulless matchboxes anymore.
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The way we think about...
It is not true that you "just can't get good help anymore." It is true that you "can't get good help anymore" when you give people work to do that is demeaning and soulless.
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The Case for Radically...
My goal is to try to help trigger a global humanizing movement that no longer tolerates soulless, inhuman places. What if our buildings inspired us
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How Syria's architecture...
while rows of soulless housing or tower blocks, even when they are luxurious, tend to promote isolation and "otherness." Even simple things like shaded places or fruit plants or drinking water inside the city can make a difference in how people feel towards the place, and whether they consider it a generous place that gives,
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Neil and Katy Discuss...
The rest don't. So where do they go? They're part of the number of human beings that will never, ever be born. Well, is that because there's not enough souls? There's already so many people in the world, though. That would be something if you ran out of souls. What would a soulless person look like?
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The dark history of...
and turn it into a soulless zombi that will perform their bidding. Historically, these zombis were said to be put to work as laborers who needed neither food nor rest and would enrich their captor’s fortune. In other words, zombification seemed to represent the horrors of enslavement
Video examples
A funny look at the...
know what you say right now there's no way this guy's going to stand up here and make a case for the DMV well I don't know about you but I do not want to live in a world where harsh fluorescent lights endless lines terrible forms to fill out and disaffected soulless
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Ellen Dunham-Jones:...
You know, none of us really tend to do the math on our transportation costs, and they're not going down any time soon. Whether you love suburbia's leafy privacy or you hate its soulless commercial strips, there are reasons why it's important to retrofit.
Video examples
A funny look at the...
and make a case for the DMV." Well, I don't know about you, but I do not want to live in a world where harsh fluorescent lights, endless lines, terrible forms to fill out and disaffected, soulless bureaucrats remind me
Video examples
Retrofitting suburbia -...
to do the math on our transportation costs and they're not going down anytime soon whether you love suburbia zli fee privacy or you it's soulless commercial strips there are reasons why it's important to
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Urban architecture...
It also reflects the nature around us. It also reflects our soul and spirit. So, as an architect, I don't think in the future we should repeat those soulless matchboxes anymore.
Video examples
The way we think about...
It is not true that you "just can't get good help anymore." It is true that you "can't get good help anymore" when you give people work to do that is demeaning and soulless.
Video examples
The Case for Radically...
My goal is to try to help trigger a global humanizing movement that no longer tolerates soulless, inhuman places. What if our buildings inspired us
Example 1 of 10
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Paul Johnson
British Journalist
Is there any possibility of giving international air travel, which we all need and use and hate, a touch of glamour, or even of reliable, soulless efficiency? I suspect future historians will puzzle over our failure. But by then, of course, we shall be in the age of mass space travel, with its fresh and unimaginable crop of horrors.
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Chris Martin
American Musician
You can try to be catchy without being slick, poppy without being pop, and you can be uplifting without being pompous. Because we're sometimes playing quieter stuff, it's hard to sound like we're trying to change things, but we wanted to be a reaction against soulless rubbish.
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Karl Marx
German Philosopher
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
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Flume
Australian Musician
For me, one of the downfalls of electronic music is that it can feel a little soulless or robotic.
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Evan Dando
American Musician
CDs, too. Totally corporate. They look real cheap and soulless and they don't smell of anything.
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Eric S. Raymond
American Author
Berkeley hackers liked to see themselves as rebels against soulless corporate empires.
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.
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Paolo Nutini
Scottish Musician
Charts and learning the politics behind making a record - it's pretty soulless.
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May Sarton
American Poet
A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.
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Megyn Kelly
American Journalist
Im a soulless lawyer. Give me any opinion and I can argue it.
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Paul Johnson
British Journalist
Is there any possibility of giving international air travel, which we all need and use and hate, a touch of glamour, or even of reliable, soulless efficiency? I suspect future historians will puzzle over our failure. But by then, of course, we shall be in the age of mass space travel, with its fresh and unimaginable crop of horrors.
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Chris Martin
American Musician
You can try to be catchy without being slick, poppy without being pop, and you can be uplifting without being pompous. Because we're sometimes playing quieter stuff, it's hard to sound like we're trying to change things, but we wanted to be a reaction against soulless rubbish.
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Karl Marx
German Philosopher
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
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Flume
Australian Musician
For me, one of the downfalls of electronic music is that it can feel a little soulless or robotic.
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Evan Dando
American Musician
CDs, too. Totally corporate. They look real cheap and soulless and they don't smell of anything.
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Eric S. Raymond
American Author
Berkeley hackers liked to see themselves as rebels against soulless corporate empires.
Quote examples
Albert Camus
French Philosopher
Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.
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Paolo Nutini
Scottish Musician
Charts and learning the politics behind making a record - it's pretty soulless.
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May Sarton
American Poet
A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.
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Megyn Kelly
American Journalist
Im a soulless lawyer. Give me any opinion and I can argue it.
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