remorseless

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/ rɪˈmɔrs lɪs /

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adjective

without remorse; merciless; pitiless; relentless.

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ruthless, unrelenting, implacable, inexorable, cruel.

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Origin of remorseless

First recorded in 1585–95; remorse + -less

OTHER WORDS FROM remorseless

re·morse·less·ly, adverbre·morse·less·ness, noun

Words nearby remorseless

remontant, remontoir, remora, remorse, remorseful, remorseless, remortgage, remote, remote access, remote control, remotely

How to use remorseless in a sentence

Now even his mountainous funeral is creeping into the remorseless past.
Hunter S. Thompson Was Right About America: It’s Still Freaks vs. Fear|James Poulos|February 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As the war kills the young, so the remorseless passage of time claims the old.
David's Bookclub: Time Regained|David Frum|April 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Browne demolishes these four claims, step by remorseless step, with studies and examples drawn from military experience.
The Truth About Women in Combat|David Frum|March 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The same remorseless logic applies to retraining; at some point, investments in new education simply don't repay their costs.
The Coming Retirement Burden|Megan McArdle|February 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The arithmetic of bombing is just that remorseless, leading to the novel's most famous joke: "People are trying to kill me."
David's Bookclub: Catch-22|David Frum|December 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
"It is time," he heard Kalkmann's remorseless voice continue just behind him.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
Many a time and oft had she pleaded, with tears, to the remorseless girl who looked so soft and yielding.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3)|Charles James Wills
If only progress, that remorseless conqueror, would even spare its victims' lives!
Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music|Charles Gounod
She would have slid and insinuated and made her gliding progress almost imperceptible, but none the less remorseless.
The Butterfly House|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
He had long been established as Governor of Entre Rios, where he had acted with remorseless cruelty in stamping out disaffection.
Argentina|W. A. Hirst

British Dictionary definitions for remorseless

remorseless

/ (rɪˈmɔːslɪs) /

adjective

without compunction, pity, or compassion

not abating in intensity; relentlessa remorseless wind

Derived forms of remorseless

remorselessly, adverbremorselessness, noun

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