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soulless

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++soul·less /ˈsəʊl-ləs $ ˈsoʊl-/ adjective  UNPLEASANTlacking the attractive qualities that make people happy 没有灵魂的,没有生气的,无情的 a soulless city of grey concrete 一座毫无生气的灰色水泥城市soullessly adverbsoullessness noun [uncountable]
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soullessIt was what Bill Erlich, the bachelor, was used to, clean and soulless.She had never seen him so soulless.It's so soulless and inert.The fault lay not with Alison but with her surroundings, soulless and uninviting.Two soulless black eyes from out of the crowd by the barrier were pinned to her face.The soulless, impersonal State had reared him since then, putting him through higher education and choosing his career for him.To the soulless insurance companies, this was just another entry in their profits and losses.Then you saw evil - soulless, malevolent evil.Absence of the human in daily transactions -- having been replaced by soulless rituals of technocracy, institutions, and state security.
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soulless
soulless /ˈsəʊl-ləs $ ˈsoʊl-/ adjective
lacking the attractive qualities that make people happy:
    a soulless city of grey concrete
—soullessly adverb
—soullessness noun [uncountable]


soul·lessBrE /ˈsəʊlləs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsoʊlləs/ 🔊 adjective(of things and places 事物或处所) lacking any attractive or interesting qualities that make people feel happy 没有生气的;呆板的;乏味的 SYN depressing They live in soulless concrete blocks. 他们住在了无生气的混凝土楼房里。🔊🔊(of a person ) lacking the ability to feel emotions 不懂感情的;淡漠的