Affectless


lacking feeling or emotion; indifferent to the suffering of others:
an affectless, futuristic drama in which the human characters are virtually robots.
contemporary examples

and there you are, years later, a jaded, affectless, neurotic, disenchanted, sad person.
the best of david rakoff: quotes, ‘this american life,’ ‘the daily show,’ & more august 9, 2012

historical examples

at such times she showed an affectless, impulsive excitement.
benign stupors august hoch

on another occasion, when asked where she was, she said: “i am at the ball—i am going to heaven—don’t shoot me” (affectless).
benign stupors august hoch

adjective

showing no emotion or concern for others
not giving rise to any emotion or feeling: an affectless novel

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