"to be uncaring" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to describe someone who is indifferent or lacks empathy or compassion. For example, "She was so uncaring that she refused to help the homeless person in need of assistance."
Since then, we have received hundreds of letters and calls from distraught people wanting to know how to get better care for their relatives or friends, describing downright dangerous ward conditions and staff who appear to be uncaring.
Nor is it meant to be uncaring about the people to whom the words apply.
However, if you have no one who you feel cares about you, you might be all the more tempted to be uncaring to others or just care less about being so.
To view someone on the autism spectrum as having a lack of empathy is often a misunderstanding of the truth; many people experience feelings of compassion so deeply that they become overwhelmed, and they shut down, appearing to be uncaring when they are unable to respond.
But while undoubtedly such workers are the victims of the shift to a services economy, increased open trade and the massive rise in automation, that doesn't mean listening to and acting on their concerns should allow politicians to be uncaring of the lives of others.
Ms Donnelly said: "In relation to an area whereby nurses are reported to be uncaring and being treated like a battery hen, it really is absolutely essential that those people are held to account if indeed it is proven.
It is a rebuke to Margaret Thatcher's famous declaration that there is no such thing as society, which contributed to the perception that the Tories were uncaring.
Look at what you say is "uncaring" - is it really uncaring or are you just upset about something at this point in time?
It's hard to maintain an attitude of peace and generosity when we are surrounded by people who are uncaring toward us and one another.
I hope the next time someone is uncaring toward you, you have the moment of grace that allows you to see below the surface, so you can experience the inner peace that comes from knowing that it's not about you.
This pertains to patient perspectives (or those of families and other caregivers), and specifically attributions about staff being uncaring.
