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as in uncompromising
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as in resentful
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Recent Examples of unforgiving
New Yorkers can be unforgiving when a mayor is caught out of town at the wrong time.
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Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
Israel’s response has been brutal and unforgiving.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
The big knock on performance-assistive tech like electric bikes is the idea that users are taking the easy, lazy way out, a shortcut to avoid the unforgiving gauntlet of hard physical work.
—New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
This is a dense, unforgiving movie in the classic sense, an adults-only drama that doesn’t placate despite its stylistic overreaches.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Sep. 2025
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Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
Israel’s response has been brutal and unforgiving.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
The big knock on performance-assistive tech like electric bikes is the idea that users are taking the easy, lazy way out, a shortcut to avoid the unforgiving gauntlet of hard physical work.
—New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
This is a dense, unforgiving movie in the classic sense, an adults-only drama that doesn’t placate despite its stylistic overreaches.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unforgiving
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Their uncompromising moral clarity shaped the conscience of the West, later echoed by Christian preachers crusading for abolition, civil rights, and human dignity.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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First published in 1977, these reports were mandated with a simple but uncompromising goal: gather the best available information from U.S. embassies, NGOs, journalists, and survivors; verify it through rigorous review; and publish it without political interference.—
Michael Posner,
Forbes.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Dillingham did not grow resentful toward Finch for the lack of playing time.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Russians, who were resentful of Western efforts to freeze them out over Ukraine, have toned down their anti-American rhetoric.—
Richard Gowan,
Time,
22 Sep. 2025
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Martin, who is fifty-four, is the most commercially successful songwriter of the twenty-first century; his work is meticulous and precise, and his songs are taut, balanced, unyielding.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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In a market chock full of unknowns, there is an unyielding rhythm on Wall Street.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
2 Oct. 2025
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In Dahl’s original story, the Muggle-Wumps are clever and resourceful, using their smarts to turn the tables on their cruel captors.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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On the page, these serve to paint him in a monstrous light following his abandonment by his egotistical and cruel creator, Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac).—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
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The only way to get to that conclusion, however, is to make a lot of uncharitable assumptions about Kimmel’s thinking.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
18 Sep. 2025
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That utilitarian descriptor may seem a bit uncharitable, but the fact is, the 2.0-liter, OHV inline-four is rugged, indefatigable and, making about 100 hp, sufficiently powerful to scoot the 2,100-pound roadster along at a nice pace.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
29 Aug. 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.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
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They were clouded by an entire era of underperformance, tough luck and spiteful ownership.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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But a handful of individuals managed to survive Gacy’s horrific attacks — with some even helping to land the sadistic killer behind bars.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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There’s some unsubtle allegory in this Taiwanese movie about a flulike virus that turns people into sadistic psychopaths.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025
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Senator John McCain died in 2018 at the age of 81 due to a malignant brain tumor.—
Rachel McRady,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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Given her age at the time, the chance of a malignant tumor seemed highly unlikely, as the average age to start breast cancer screening is around 40.—
Essence,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Unforgiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unforgiving. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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