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English
Etymology
From kind (“inherent quality, nature”) + less. Compare Middle English kindelæs (“incapable of generation, barren”).
Adjective
kindless (comparative more kindless, superlative most kindless)
- (archaic, literary) Destitute of kindness; unnatural.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain!
- 1771, Hugh Kelly, Clementina, London: Edward & Charles Dilly and T. Cadell, Act III, p. ,
- Kneel not to me, ungrateful, kindless girl!
- I have been prostrate at your feet in vain.
1902, E. W. Hornung, chapter 10, in The Shadow of the Rope, New York: Scribner, pages 111–112:The Normanthorpe roses, famous throughout the north of England, were as yet barely budding in the kindless wind […]
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