Without love, affection, or warmth; lacking emotional connection or romantic feeling.
Compound of 'love' (from Old English 'lufu') and the suffix '-less' (meaning without). The word describes the absence of one of humanity's most fundamental emotions.
Loveless doesn't just mean 'not loved' - it suggests an active void where love should be, like a house where no warmth can take hold. The word carries particular poignancy because love is considered essential to human flourishing, making its absence feel like a missing vital organ rather than simply something nice that's absent.
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