pitilessness

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Noun
  • Antisocial personality includes a persistent pattern of traits such as callousness, lack of concern, deceitfulness, and irresponsibility, Ryan said.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Our society seems to be spiraling into a vortex of callousness, ignorance, cynicism, violence, intolerance, and hate.
    Rabbi Dan Levin, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • China has gained, not suffered, from this obduracy.
    JONATHAN A. CZIN, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Related: ‘Neglected diseases’ are anything but neglected by the billion-plus people living with them One possible reason for this obduracy is that noma begins as a dental disease, and dental diseases have long been underappreciated global health concerns.
    John Button, STAT, 16 Dec. 2023
Noun
  • This system has drawn heavy criticism in the past for its rigidity and impact to mental health.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
  • The vehicle will additionally incorporate a fuselage-frame structure, in which the body panels themselves create rigidity.
    Ben Coxworth May 01, New Atlas, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • Tarr's reputation for films tinged with misery and hard-heartedness, distinguished by black-and-white cinematography and unusually long sequences, only grew throughout the 1990s and 2000s, particularly after his 1994 film Sátántangó.
    Alina Edwards, NPR, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Last July, Wolfson found Barahona competent, ruling that Barahona was capable of aiding his defense attorneys and understands the severity of the penalties should he be found guilty.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
  • After suffering a left hamstring injury earlier this season, Doncic said the latest Grade 2 strain to the same area is unlike any he’s experienced because of its severity.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • The frustration is in the inflexibility.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The Red Sox could also try to move on from Masataka Yoshida, though his contract, injury history and positional inflexibility will hamper his trade value.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Saura had a large sense of the humor, which struck those who got to know him, belying the sternness of his public visage with his playful banter and frequent chuckle.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The ubiquity and strictness of regulation has real business impacts.
    Francesca Cassidy, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • And there’s little strictness about ideological consistency.
    Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Pitilessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitilessness. Accessed 10 May. 2026.

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