(a.) Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest organised political movement, added its voice to the chorus of discontent, accusing Scaf of contradicting 'all human, religious and patriotic values' with their callousness and warning that the revolution that overthrew former president Hosni Mubarak earlier this year was able to rise again.
(2) In its proposals the MoJ is displaying a callous disregard for the rights of its citizens, as client choice and quality of legal service have been sacrificed on the altar of price competition.
(3) By analogy with the comparable glands of the yellow-bellied toad and the grass frog, these are called the toxic, lumpy, mucous, callous, and small glands.
(4) Inequality, precarity and social division are the causes of our new callousness, helped by the rightwing press, but the real point is that Labour has only two choices in response: either continue to cringe before the prejudices of the public or try to change their minds by arguing for a distinct, simple and compelling alternative.
(5) As the danger of racism depends not only on its callousness but on its power and influence, this coalition at the heart of government suggests a sharp rise in levels of racism and a dramatic decline in democracy.
(6) What to say to the children who went to a pop concert and left to find their waiting parents blown apart by the hate and callous indifference in the foyer?
(7) Angry demonstrators have noted that Putin's tears are in stark contrast to his usually inscrutable, and even callous-seeming, behaviour on other big public occasions.
(8) And now the file on UTA 772 - a chilling story of international intrigue and callous terror - is to be closed.
(9) Photograph: Shenyang government Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty International ’s East Asia director, described the briefing as “a crude, cruel and callous political show” designed to mask Beijing’s responsibility for the death of Liu, who was diagnosed with late-stage cancer in May while serving an 11-year sentence for his role in a pro-democracy manifesto.
(10) What has happened, of course, is something entirely different – and the callously careless attitude of western governments to this has given the impression of western complicity to many (who are already steeped in a culture of conspiracy theories) in Iraq and the Middle East.
(11) Previously and independently documented patterns of pathological lying, lack of remorse or guilt, callousness or lack of empathy, and failure to accept responsibility for their own behavior were significantly associated with the offenders not admitting responsibility for their crimes.
(12) ( The figure includes 167 victims of a plane crash, caused indirectly by Walt's callousness .)
(13) But remember: record companies can be callous and nefarious beasts."
(14) We are now knee-deep in a punitive, callous system.
(15) It's slightly callous, but the stoppages suit Chelsea; the game has become a tad bitty in the last few minutes.
(16) "They will not further any aim or objective by their vile and callous deeds.
(17) Jerry Petherick, a G4S executive, said the prisoners behind the trouble displayed a callous disregard for the safety of other inmates and staff.
(18) As a person with a disability myself –in fact, a congenital limb reduction like Pistorius – I fear the links that may be made between disability and temperament.” As it emerged, those links would be made not by callous commentators but by Pistorius’ own defence team.
(19) America’s elected leaders offer prayers for gun victims and then, callously and without fear of consequence, reject the most basic restrictions on weapons of mass killing, as they did on Thursday.
(20) ureters) becoming callous and adhesive, safe preoperative diagnosis is desirable.
Unscrupulous
Definition:
(a.) Not scrupulous; unprincipled.
Example Sentences:
(1) Hypnosis might be looked upon as a method by which an unscrupulous person could sustain such a state of powerlessness in a victim.
(2) Free speech has protected hate speech, and opponents of censorship have consistantly defended the rights of unscrupulous populists and incendiarists.
(3) A health committee meeting in Sacramento, the state capital, on Wednesday turned into a tense showdown between lawmakers seeking to argue that the science is unequivocally on the side of universal vaccination, and activists accusing them of being in the pocket of unscrupulous big pharmaceutical companies.
(4) That would be a nice box-ticking exercise for an unscrupulous council and dodgy developers and a big two fingers for concerned environmentalists.
(5) A lot of the problems hark back to these unscrupulous brokers who didn’t have any real interest in education.
(6) However, many fear that candidates are focusing on fraud in an unscrupulous attempt to set the ground for complaints if they lose, and risk discouraging voters and discrediting the entire election process along the way.
(7) Milliken, author of a report on rhino-horn consumption in Vietnam , also expressed concerns about the end-user market: "One wonders if unscrupulous dealers in these markets will not simply employ some means to 'bleach' them to back to a 'normal' appearance and continue raking in high profits."
(8) MPs accuse Sir Philip Green of being an 'unscrupulous chancer' Read more “I think if Philip had assisted us, we could have saved BHS.” Chappell said that Green called in £35m of debt owed to Arcadia after finding out that BHS was trying to reach a rescue deal with Sports Direct, thereby blocking the deal.
(9) "It seems to be used by younger kids who don't have access to illicit substances, like those who can't afford cocaine and are being targeted by unscrupulous dealers," Winstock said.
(10) I am not saying that all wellness programs are surveillance programs, but what we are seeing with the current status of the law, they do have that potential for unscrupulous employers to use them as a way to check on their employees and investigate the health of their employees.” Optional versus affordable The employers and the various companies behind the wellness programs point out that all wellness programs are optional.
(11) Limited opportunities for safe and regular migration drive would-be migrants into the hands of smugglers, feeding an unscrupulous trade that threatens the lives of desperate people.
(12) Often, they had been recruited by unscrupulous agents in their home countries who then demanded repayment of loans and found them jobs on far lower wages than promised.
(13) When he’s cornered, Johnson accuses others of his own vices, as unscrupulous journalists always do.
(14) They have agreed to tackle unscrupulous labour contractors who may traffic children, and collectively report grievances to government agencies and the police.
(15) In the popular memory, it goes back at least as far as the 18th century, when unscrupulous Polish nobles betrayed the country by allying themselves with Catherine the Great.
(16) Its most enthusiastic supporter was the coup plotter James Goldsmith, one of the most unscrupulous asset strippers of that time.
(17) That is not the fault of migrants – it’s the failure of government.” He blamed unscrupulous employers and government spending cuts for the impact of immigration on the public.
(18) And he also fears that some of the more unscrupulous operators might use this issue as “another excuse” to persuade hirers to take the firm’s expensive extra insurance.
(19) An insider in the tobacco industry has revealed some of the unscrupulous tactics it is using to avoid new restrictions governing the marketing of cigarettes that come into force next month.
(20) The Mail on Sunday said highly sensitive information including customers’ earnings, savings, mortgages, health issues and insurance policies ended up in the hands of unscrupulous brokers.