Definition of "hardheartedness" [hardheartedness]

• The state of being hardhearted. (noun)

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• "If you assume that a person in need is scamming you and refuse to help, your hardheartedness is your sin."
• "We do, as Bernstein writes, need a "broader debate" to get at the nexus of poverty and child welfare, but if the terms of that debate are simply "hardheartedness" and "compassion," we won't get very far."
• "Shouldn't the president and his team be banging home the ridiculousness of these claims -- and the hardheartedness of those who make them?"