unloving
adjective uk/ˌʌnˈlʌv.ɪŋ/ us/ˌʌnˈlʌv.ɪŋ/
无爱的
not showing love towards someone
He grew up in an unloving foster home after his parents died in a car crash. 他的父母在一场车祸中去世后，他就在一个无爱的领养家庭里长大。
The children were always trying to gain the approval of their distant, unloving father. 这些孩子总是试图从那个对他们疏离、冷漠的父亲那里寻求认可。
Opposite: loving
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- It wasn't that he was unloving, rather his own difficult childhood made it hard for him to express his emotions.
- She felt trapped in an unloving relationship with her partner.
- At his lowest point, he despaired at the unloving world in which he lived.