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
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.
—Malina Saval, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Development in the Dotte 🪠 Fish or human feces often wash up in KCK homes during those merciless spring rains.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
Fleeing into the desert with her father, she is hunted by a merciless army and forced to trust a legendary bandit (Mackie) with secrets of his own.
—Mark Meszoros, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026
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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.
—Malina Saval, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Development in the Dotte 🪠 Fish or human feces often wash up in KCK homes during those merciless spring rains.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
Fleeing into the desert with her father, she is hunted by a merciless army and forced to trust a legendary bandit (Mackie) with secrets of his own.
—Mark Meszoros, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for merciless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for merciless
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Serenity Maggie’s (and Sweet Magnolias‘) trip to New York was cut short as Season 5 offered a juxtaposition between small-town values and ruthless big-city corporate culture.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
11 June 2026
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Ruffalo will voice Nero, a scrappy black cat, and Fishburne will play Rocco, a ruthless cat mob boss.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
11 June 2026
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.—
Emily Cox,
ARTnews.com,
22 May 2026
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Instead of looking like a sleek urban loft, the room can quickly start to feel cold, stony, and impersonal.—
Natasha Bazika,
Martha Stewart,
9 May 2026
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“Merciless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merciless. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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