callous disregard

collocation in English

meaningsofcallousanddisregard

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callous
adjective
uk
/ˈkæl.əs/us
/ˈkæl.əs/
unkind, cruel, and without sympathy or feeling for ...
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disregard
noun[U]
uk
/ˌdɪs.rɪˈɡɑːd/us
/ˌdɪs.rɪˈɡɑːrd/
the fact of showing no care or respect ...
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(Definition ofcallousanddisregardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Overlapping with the antisocial construct, psychopathy is a trait involvingcallousdisregardfor others.
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That view is factually wrong, and it displays, too, acallousdisregardfor the fate of the workers and their families.
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I would say that there has been acallousdisregard.
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That increase displayscallousdisregardfor rural motorists and their anger on this issue cannot be put aside; it must be acted on.
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They have shown acallousdisregardfor people who desperately require rented accommodation.
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One of the worst is that they have shown acallousdisregardfor people who are not able to solve their housing problems by buying.
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We heard a quitecallousdisregardfor the unemployment of real people.
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They created a divided society and record unemployment and showed acallousdisregardfor justice.
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There can be no excuse for suchcallousdisregardfor human life.
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It is not because of anycallousdisregardof their responsibilities by those in charge of the system.
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It showed to me and to the country acallousdisregardof the rights of minorities.
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Yet the penalty for thiscallousdisregardfor those in their employment is entirely inadequate: the maximum fine for criminal negligence is only £300.
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The practice is particularly abhorrent where the crime is one of violence and payment involvescallousdisregardfor the feelings of victims and their families.
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The scenes that we saw seem to show acallousdisregardfor common humanity.
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Is that not a disgraceful admission which shows a cavalier andcallousdisregardfor the future of young people in my constituency?
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There can be no victory for senseless brutality andcallousdisregardfor life.
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That displays acallousdisregardfor the needs of victims of crime.
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That is an inhuman policy, which shows acallousdisregardfor the needs of the majority of our people.
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Each figure reminds us forcibly of thecallousdisregardof men of violence for others.
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Have not some of the manufacturers shown acallousdisregardof the preservation of wild life?
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