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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
New York City is full of remorseless individualists who nonetheless stick to some codes very rigidly.
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2025
Most likely because this is the first time in the series that the story is told from the Predator’s perspective; audiences couldn’t really be asked to peer over the shoulder of a remorseless killing machine for 107 minutes.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
None of that prevailed on Gov. Ron DeSantis, who rejected clemency (as usual, without comment) or on the Florida Supreme Court, which has become the nation’s most remorseless and predictable death factory.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2025
It is imperiled by a tyrannical president, a cowardly Congress and a remorseless Supreme Court.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2025
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2025
Most likely because this is the first time in the series that the story is told from the Predator’s perspective; audiences couldn’t really be asked to peer over the shoulder of a remorseless killing machine for 107 minutes.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
None of that prevailed on Gov. Ron DeSantis, who rejected clemency (as usual, without comment) or on the Florida Supreme Court, which has become the nation’s most remorseless and predictable death factory.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2025
It is imperiled by a tyrannical president, a cowardly Congress and a remorseless Supreme Court.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remorseless
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There’s also just one overwhelming evil force in this play — the Nazis — whereas Dumas had his musketeers fighting not just ruthless government officials but royalty, religious leaders and nobles.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2026
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With a lesser interpreter in the role, Eva might have read more reductively as just a ruthless bureaucratic leader.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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In between, the Ball Arena patrons were merciless in their jeering of the officials.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
11 Mar. 2026
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Against some audiences’ will, Ari Aster’s merciless black comedy drags us back to May 2020 when tempers, temperatures and misinformation were heating up across America.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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That’s the cruel beauty of golf.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
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Few Iranians will mourn the demise of the cruel and murderous Ayatollah Khamenei or his cohorts, and a large segment of Iranians want the corrupt religious regime gone.—
Trudy Rubin,
Twin Cities,
6 Mar. 2026
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With a 15 percent slope and soils consisting of shattered rock and very stony loam with a small percentage of clay, the soil is low in organic matter and drains extremely well.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
22 Feb. 2026
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The sculptor, David Adickes, was an Army veteran who'd wanted his stony visages to gleam.—
Danielle Paquette The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Remorseless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remorseless. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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