affectless

affectless
affectlessly, adv.affectlessness, n.
/af"ekt lis/, adj.
lacking feeling or emotion; indifferent to the suffering of others: an affectless, futuristic drama in which the human characters are virtually robots.
[1965-70; AFFECT1 + -LESS]

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