English Explanatory Dictionary

kindless

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Unnatural; lacking expected feeling or ability.
  2. Heartless; destitute of kindness.
  3. Having no specific kind, unspecified, general.

Word forms

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Etymology

From kind (“inherent quality, nature”, noun) + -less. Compare Middle English kindelæs (“incapable of generation, barren”). The sense "destitute of kindness" is likely influenced by kind (“benevolent; affectionate”, adjective).

Antonyms

kindful
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