单词	callously
释义	callouscal‧lous /ˈkæləs/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINcallous Origin: 1300-1400 Old French calleux, from Latin callosus, from callus; ➔ CALLUS Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES the callous slaughter of thousands of civilians The company showed callous disregard for the safety of their employees. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A slightly callous, but very practical attitude. At such times l thought their laughter callous and hated them. Call me callous, but I see it as Darwinism. Five days afterwards, callous Paul used the same bat to play baseball. It may have seemed callous to the nurses, but I desperately needed that time to myself. Nor are undertakers alone in careless and callous behaviour. The press, in its callous, cynical way, was suspicious of the pro-gram at first and called it pure symbolism. This occurs not so much because the engineers are callous, but because of a blinkered approach by all parties. not caring that other people are suffering:  We were shocked at the callous disregard for human life. a callous attitude the callous slaughter of seals—callously adverb—callousness noun [uncountable]
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