callous

• McClane was always known as a callous figure, particularly notable for his colorful language. —  The Daily Cardinal Online
• He had great influence and could set wheels in motion that would return him to the diplomatic service and procure him an appointment to Spain; where good diplomatists were badly needed It was an enchanting picture that he drew in spite of the horror that must ever mutter at their threshold; but to the awfulness of war they were both by this time more or less callous, although he was mortally sick of the war itself; and Gisela, who doled half-measures neither to herself nor others, had dismissed the morrow and yielded herself to the joy of the future as of the present. —  The White Morning
• He was callous, and indifferent whether he had a captain or not. —  "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show
• Because the outward man lacked perfection and strength equal to his, he had taken the love and worship of that great pure heart as his due; he, so unworthy in the inner reality, so mean, so despicable, callous, and contemptuous towards the brother who had laid down his life to save him. —  The Were-Wolf
• There are several reasons why photoplay corporations are callous, along with the sufficient one that they are corporations First, they are engaged in a financial orgy. —  The Art of the Moving Picture

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