1.
heartless; cold-hearted; cruel; merciless
Lacking human compassion or empathy. Describes a person, action, or situation that shows no feeling or sympathy toward others.
Usage
非情 can function as a noun (非情さ — heartlessness), a na-adjective (非情な — heartless), or an adverb (非情にも — heartlessly, cruelly).
Common collocations
Watch out
Do not confuse with the homophone 非常 (emergency; extremely). 非情 uses 情 (emotion/feeling) with the negative prefix 非, meaning "without feeling." 非常 uses 常 (ordinary) and means "extraordinary" or "emergency."
Related Words
Synonym:
無慈悲 (merciless; cruel)
Compare:
残酷 (cruel, brutal, merciless)
Compare:
残酷な (cruel)