pitiless
adjective
feeling or showing no pity; merciless.
pitilessness
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a word derived from
pitiless.
Example Sentences
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“The Murdochs,” though, is just as persuasive of its namesakes’ pitilessness.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2022
There’s a pitilessness in all of it, typical of the Coens, suitable in this movie to situations in which few favored character get out alive.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2018
Its Har-Tru American clay courts are precious enough to elicit a certain pitilessness in its patrons.
From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2012
The phrase is supposed to evoke the pitilessness it takes to survive in “the ultimate jungle,” but we don’t actually feel much compassion for the losers.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2012
But as it is I perceive behind them only the suffering of the creature, the awful melancholy of life and the pitilessness of men.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
