uncompassionate

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌʌnkəmˈpæʃənət/ UK /ˌʌnkəmˈpæʃənət/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
showing no sympathy or pity

It was uncompassionate to fire her on her first day back.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · showing no sympathy or pity heartless callous pitiless merciless unsympathetic cold ruthless

Opposites

compassionate sympathetic merciful kind

Word family

Derived forms uncompassionately

Related forms compassionate compassion uncompassion

Etymology

From un- ('not') + compassionate, from compassion, from Late Latin compassio ('fellow-feeling'), from com- ('with') + pati ('to suffer').

un- Old English compassio la-ecc pati Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# uncompassionate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌʌnkəmˈpæʃənət/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌʌnkəmˈpæʃənət/

## Meanings
1. showing no sympathy or pity

## Examples
- It was uncompassionate to fire her on her first day back.

## Synonyms
- heartless
- callous
- pitiless
- merciless
- unsympathetic
- cold
- ruthless

## Antonyms
- compassionate
- sympathetic
- merciful
- kind

## Derived Forms
- uncompassionately

## Related Forms
- compassionate
- compassion
- uncompassion

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: un-
- Root: compassio
- Root: pati

## Etymology
From un- ('not') + compassionate, from compassion, from Late Latin compassio ('fellow-feeling'), from com- ('with') + pati ('to suffer').

## AI Etymology
Uncompassionate is from un- ('not') + compassionate, from compassion, from Late Latin compassio ('fellow-feeling'), from com- ('with') + pati ('to suffer'). Important recorded forms include un- (Old English), compassio (Late Latin), and pati (Latin). Morphologically, the un- element marks negation, reversal, removal, or deprivation, while the base supplies the action, quality, or state being denied or undone. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers showing no sympathy or pity. The wider family includes derived forms such as uncompassionately and related words such as compassionate, compassion, and uncompassion.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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