as in ruthless
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings
she is a merciless competitor at board games of any kind
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Recent Examples of merciless
The show was merciless with its satirical barbs against top government officials and current events, just as its parent company Paramount Skydance has pushed to acquire Warner Bros Discovery.
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Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
Golf is a merciless sport, requiring a goldfish’s memory and a bull’s stubbornness.
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
But the land is merciless, and their dreams are shattered when a wildfire breaks out.
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Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
Ron White, Joe DeRosa, and Tony’s number one favorite comic, Tony Hinchcliffe (played by Adam Ray), showed the crowd exactly what effortless and absolutely merciless veteran comedy looks like.
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Malina Saval,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
Golf is a merciless sport, requiring a goldfish’s memory and a bull’s stubbornness.
—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
But the land is merciless, and their dreams are shattered when a wildfire breaks out.
—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
Ron White, Joe DeRosa, and Tony’s number one favorite comic, Tony Hinchcliffe (played by Adam Ray), showed the crowd exactly what effortless and absolutely merciless veteran comedy looks like.
—
Malina Saval,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for merciless
Adjective
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Canadian quartet Truck Violence have been sloshing together these subgenres in a ruthless manner for several years now, and their sophomore album and debut for the Flenser aims for even higher drops between those peaks and valleys.
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There was relative peace for 11 years, until a second civil war erupted in 1983, when leaders in Khartoum imposed sharia (Islamic) law and accelerated repression of the southern Christian rebels, which ultimately allowed a ruthless military officer, Omar al-Bashir, to come to power in 1989.
Adjective
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Oscar Wilde, for example, reposes beneath a hulking deity whose iconoclastic castration, back in 1961, did little to restrain pilgrims seeking to smear red lips across his stony physique.
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Instead of looking like a sleek urban loft, the room can quickly start to feel cold, stony, and impersonal.
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“Merciless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merciless. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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