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as in ruthless
not sorry for having done wrong
the remorseless killer was sentenced to life in prison without chance of parole
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as in merciless
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings
a remorseless and implacable hit man wordlessly pursuing his victim
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Recent Examples of remorseless
Value-form theory, as it’s often called, pays less attention than prior incarnations of Marxism did to the fission between labor and capital contained in the atom of the capitalist commodity, and stresses instead that both capitalists and workers must obey the same remorseless economic law.
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Benjamin Kunkel, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Luxury has risen to prominence thanks to remorseless future-looking innovation, never by recooking the creations of the past.
—Stéphane Jg Girod, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The case rocked Britain, seeming to expose a remorseless serial killer who, prosecutors said, used a bizarre range of techniques to kill her tiny, often very premature, victims: Injecting them with air, overfeeding them with milk or contaminating their feeds with insulin.
—Megan Specia, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025
Vito, seething and remorseless, grabs at control relentlessly; Frank, in no mood to fight, tries to cede it graciously, resulting in a lopsided tug-of-war.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
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Benjamin Kunkel, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Luxury has risen to prominence thanks to remorseless future-looking innovation, never by recooking the creations of the past.
—Stéphane Jg Girod, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The case rocked Britain, seeming to expose a remorseless serial killer who, prosecutors said, used a bizarre range of techniques to kill her tiny, often very premature, victims: Injecting them with air, overfeeding them with milk or contaminating their feeds with insulin.
—Megan Specia, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025
Vito, seething and remorseless, grabs at control relentlessly; Frank, in no mood to fight, tries to cede it graciously, resulting in a lopsided tug-of-war.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
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Related Stories Said to be the first book in a series, Little Hands watches as a young British woman with a mysterious past inadvertently joins a ruthless gang of female thieves who rob the ultra-wealthy along the French Riviera.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
9 June 2025
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New threats emerge, including a ruthless new villain (Bill Skarsgård) and a blind assassin from Wick’s past, played by Donnie Yen in a standout performance.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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The film is cold-bloodedly whimsical, asking the audience to root for a merciless man who endeavors, ever so incrementally, to understand some deeper human truths.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2025
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Unless stopped, Trump and the Republicans who follow him may go down as the most merciless and morally bankrupt leaders this country has ever produced.—
Tom Debley,
Mercury News,
4 June 2025
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This is cruel, unnecessary, and will further fan the flames of economic chaos for working families across this country.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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And for every San Antonio, there is a Utah or Washington or Charlotte that can’t believe how cruel the lottery can be.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
3 June 2025
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“Remorseless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remorseless. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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