remorseless

[ ri-mawrs-lis ]

adjective

1. without remorse; merciless; pitiless; relentless.

   Synonyms: cruel, inexorable, implacable, unrelenting, ruthless

Other Words From

• re·morseless·ly adverb
• re·morseless·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of remorseless¹

First recorded in 1585–95; remorse + -less

Example Sentences

Now even his mountainous funeral is creeping into the remorseless past.

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As the war kills the young, so the remorseless passage of time claims the old.

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Browne demolishes these four claims, step by remorseless step, with studies and examples drawn from military experience.

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The same remorseless logic applies to retraining; at some point, investments in new education simply don't repay their costs.

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The arithmetic of bombing is just that remorseless, leading to the novel's most famous joke: "People are trying to kill me."

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"It is time," he heard Kalkmann's remorseless voice continue just behind him.

From Project Gutenberg

Many a time and oft had she pleaded, with tears, to the remorseless girl who looked so soft and yielding.

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If only progress, that remorseless conqueror, would even spare its victims' lives!

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She would have slid and insinuated and made her gliding progress almost imperceptible, but none the less remorseless.

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He had long been established as Governor of Entre Rios, where he had acted with remorseless cruelty in stamping out disaffection.

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