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as in uncompromising
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as in resentful
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Recent Examples of unforgiving
Similarly, Arizona’s native flora and fauna have their own obstacles to survival in one of the world’s most unforgiving landscapes.
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John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The New Risk Landscape For Rebranding Today’s knee-jerk, criticizing environment can be unforgiving.
—Jim Heininger, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The studio’s lattice-brick design also harnesses airflow and shade to withstand central Vietnam’s unforgiving climate.
—Faye Bradley, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Such missteps can prove quite costly in an unforgiving playoff format where winning ensures advancement to the next round.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
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John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The New Risk Landscape For Rebranding Today’s knee-jerk, criticizing environment can be unforgiving.
—Jim Heininger, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The studio’s lattice-brick design also harnesses airflow and shade to withstand central Vietnam’s unforgiving climate.
—Faye Bradley, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Such missteps can prove quite costly in an unforgiving playoff format where winning ensures advancement to the next round.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unforgiving
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This was Sharon at her most uncompromising, unafraid and unwilling to let an industry hide behind silence.—
Funmi Fetto,
Vogue,
27 Aug. 2025
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Each tour, capped at 16 guests, delivers ambitious and uncompromising experiences.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
29 July 2025
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For Epictetus, gratitude is a way to avoid being resentful and bitter.—
Jonny Thomson,
Big Think,
25 Aug. 2025
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Despite Creedence’s enormous global success, tensions began to simmer as the other members grew resentful of Fogerty’s outsized role in their achievements.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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Moving Forward And Upward Assertive financial communication doesn’t mean being loud, dominant or unyielding.—
Joyce Marter,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Looming over everything is the unyielding passage of time, from the quickly dwindling daylight to the players’ creaking knees.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
21 July 2025
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Because of the cruel math of throughput and utilization, over ten days, only three hundred people experienced Blur.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Tamra was awful to Gretchen back then, culminating in the Naked Wasted Party, which was one of the cruelest things to ever happen on Housewives.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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An uncharitable strike zone led to a pair of walks, and Yoan Moncada punched a single to double the early advantage against him.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
12 Aug. 2025
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Many of them uncharitable and nasty, some of them vulgar and unprintable.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Played by a sniveling Casey Siemaszko, Billy is spineless and spiteful.—
Sezin Devi Koehler September 1,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Several diss tracks followed, with the musicians hurling increasingly spiteful insults at each other relating to accusations of domestic abuse, exploitation and pedophilia.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Aug. 2025
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The four friends have never been in more danger because Mauer is brilliant and sadistic.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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Start with the 2004 original, where the family comes out of hiding to take down a sadistic villain.—
Sydni Ellis,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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The fact that the cancer had metastasized means the malignant cells had spread to other parts of the body, forming tumors.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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His story is not defined by a malignant mole a decade ago.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Unforgiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unforgiving. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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