Lacking affection, warmth, or emotional attachment; cold or unloving.
From 'affection' + '-less' (without). The '-less' suffix creates adjectives meaning 'without' or 'lacking,' transforming a noun into an adjective expressing absence.
An 'affectionless' person is emotionally cold—they don't show love or warmth. Interestingly, this can describe someone who is clinically detached (by nature) or emotionally withholding (by choice), revealing how silence can be different from coldness.
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