ruthless
adjective
without pity or compassion; cruel; merciless.
ruthlessness
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a word derived from
ruthless.
Example Sentences
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Rangers were good, and clearly deserving of the win, but they didn't quite hit the levels of ruthlessness of a week ago at Ibrox.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
But Mr. Blaževičius depicts with a deadpan ruthlessness the pull of complacency, the ease of lapsing back into lives full of compromise and myopia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Mnangagwa -- nicknamed "The Crocodile" because of his ruthlessness -- came to power in 2017 in a military-backed coup that ousted Robert Mugabe at the age of 93 and after 37 years in power.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Ned Beatty’s vocal turn, starting warm and folksy and ending with a raving ruthlessness, is one for the ages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
When Bigwig had determined not to come out of Efrafa without Blackavar, he had been moved entirely by pity for a miserable, helpless victim of Woundwort’s ruthlessness.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
