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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Heart·less, a.
 1. Without a heart.
    You have left me heartless; mine is in your bosom.   --J. Webster.
 2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despondent.
    Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their ground.   --Dryden.
    Heartless and melancholy.   --W. Irwing.
 3. Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel. “The heartless parasites.”
 -- Heart*less*ly, adv. -- Heart*less*ness, n.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 heartlessness
      n : an absence of concern for the welfare of others [syn: coldheartedness,
           hardheartedness]