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ruthless
[ rooth-lis ]
adjective
- without pity or compassion; cruel; merciless:
a ruthless tyrant.
Synonyms: relentless, adamant, unrelenting
ruthless
/ ˈruːθlɪs /
adjective
- feeling or showing no mercy; hardhearted
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Derived Forms
- ˈruthlessly, adverb
- ˈruthlessness, noun
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Other Words From
- ruthless·ly adverb
- ruthless·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
His stories were constructed with ruthless narrative efficiency.
To be fair, he might not have known that Pinochet was a ruthless dictator.
Her remarks on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have drawn some ruthless criticism from Jews around the world.
So it continues to make local authorities and their ruthless cronies uneasy.
I was not prepared for the staggered, ruthless falling apart of one of the people I love most in the world.
This demand was made with scornful seriousness; with a ruthless application to the feelings of a son.
In the procession I should feel the crushing feet, the clashing discords, the ruthless hands and stifling breath.
This ruthless destruction of the forest brings down upon Calendau the anger of his lady; he has dishonored the noble mountain.
There was not one nook or cranny into which that ruthless self-knowledge could not throw its cruel glare.
The little camp had ceased to exist; the great, ruthless, calm forest had reclaimed its own.
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