When George meets Netta, a beauty who has the torpid heartlessness of a late Roman Emperor, he collapses into a state of slavery which is emotionally uninhabitable.
Hysteria is not the only extreme that societies avoid by these dependencies, however; they avoid or at least reduce a general heartlessness and egocentricity as well.
He lost the latter job reportedly as a result of a swinging personal life and a chilling heartlessness that earned him the nickname "the smiling cobra.
When compassion for customers flies out the window American Airlines shows astonishing insensitivity by charging a couple coping with a family emergency almost $700 to push back a one-hour flight by one day. It never ceases to amaze me when large companies, which claim to put customers first, demonstrate their complete heartlessness.
Aug. 6, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
Francis Pangilinan in Philippine Star Those who ordered the arrest at the hospital revealed their heartlessness and total disregard for the grief and suffering of the family. They are a disgrace to the (police) and do not deserve to hold on to their posts any minute longer,...