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Pronunciation / Transliteration: reitanna
"彼女はその悲惨なニュースに対しても冷淡だった。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Lacking in sympathy, compassion, or understanding for the suffering or troubles of others.
"She found her boss entirely unsympathetic when she explained why she was late." - 2
Not appealing or likable; disagreeable in character or manner.
"The novel is populated by a cast of cold and profoundly unsympathetic characters."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the English prefix un- (meaning 'not') combined with sympathetic, which traces back via French and Late Latin from the Greek sympatheia (from syn- 'together' + pathos 'feeling'). The term emerged in the 17th century to describe an absence of shared feeling, later shifting to specifically denote a lack of compassion or understanding for others.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Unsympathetic" is said worldwide
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insensible
Transliteration: /ɛ̃.sɑ̃.sib/l
"Il est resté totalement insensensible à mes problèmes."
unteilnehmend
Transliteration: /ˈʊntəˌtaɪ̯lnɛmʊnt/
"Seine Reaktion auf die schlechten Nachrichten war kühl und unteilnehmend."
insensibile
Transliteration: /insenˈzibile/
"Ha dimostrato un atteggiamento freddo e insensibile."
antipático
Transliteration: /antiˈpatiko/
"Me pareció un hombre muy antipático y seco."
antipático
Transliteration: /ɐ̃.tiˈpa.ti.ku/
"Achei a resposta dele fria e antipática."
संवेदनहीन
Transliteration: samvedanhin
"उनकी इस समस्या पर उसका रवैया बेहद संवेदनहीन था।"
无同情心的
Transliteration: wú tóngqíngxīn de
"他对别人的痛苦表现得非常冷漠和无同情心。"
냉담한
Transliteration: naengdamhan
"그는 나의 고민에 대해 매우 냉담한 반응을 보였다."
冷淡な
Transliteration: reitanna
"彼女はその悲惨なニュースに対しても冷淡だった。"
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