ruthless
adjective
without pity or compassion; cruel; merciless.
ruthlessly
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a word derived from
ruthless.
Example Sentences
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For Brook to outshine both Marsh and Rickelton, when the pair were so ruthlessly dominating Spirit's bowlers, indicates just how special his knock was.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
White takes a ruthlessly entrepreneurial approach to his crime dramas, which are set in the world of street criminals he knew growing up in Harlem and target an underserved Black audience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Had it heeded a more malevolent sensibility than an instinct to overexplain, it might have been more ruthlessly effective at yucking our yum for road trips.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
We’ve been able to ruthlessly and mostly successfully smother the group from threatening the U.S. mainland and American interests abroad.
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2026
Contemptuous of Oppenheimer’s arguments against the Super, he depicted Oppenheimer as a Svengali ruthlessly hypnotizing some of the world’s most sophisticated scientists into joining his opposition campaign.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
