From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhard-heartedhard-heart‧ed /ˌhɑːd ˈhɑːtɪd $ ˌhɑːrd ˈhɑːr-/ adjective UNKINDnot caring about other people’s feelings OPP soft-hearted► see thesaurus at unkind
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hard-hearted• I've tried to help in the past, but I think now I have to be hard-hearted and make them help themselves.• Anabelle watched him go, thinking that she had never met so many hard-hearted and spiteful creatures in her whole short life.• a hard-hearted and unprincipled man• It proves you're not as hard-hearted as I imagined.• Another case of hard-hearted capitalists pushing aside the less fortunate to enhance their investments?• A good organiser is totally objective, even downright hard-hearted in choosing venue, style, speakers and programme.• Clinton began his political comeback after the debacle of the 1994 congressional elections as the protector of the elderly from hard-hearted Republicans.• Love and politics clash when Maggie falls for a hard-hearted soldier. 