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unˈcaring, ppl. a.
(un-1 10 and 5 d.)
1786Burns Ep. Young Friend viii, Debar a' side-pretences, And resolutely keep its laws, Uncaring consequences. 1826Miss Mitford Village Ser. ii. (1863) 275 She was so overflowing with health and spirits, so fearless and uncaring. 1844Kinglake Eothen xxvii, A few Persian carpets,—thrown about near the divan,—give to the room an appearance of uncaring luxury. 1896Kipling Seven Seas, Hymn bef. Action ii, Deaf ear and soul uncaring, We seek Thy mercy now!
Hence unˈcaringly adv.; unˈcaringness.
1868H. Bushnell Serm. Living Subj. 208 Put into language outspoken, it says, ‘Plunge thyself uncaringly into evil’. 1930A. Huxley Brief Candles 5 The superficial charm and good humour of the man seemed to overlie a fundamental hardness, an uncaringness, a hostility even. 1955E. Bowen World of Love iv. 78 Oh, how the vice of uncaringness had been hers; she had neither heart nor wish for a living creature. |