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as in uncompromising
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as in resentful
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Recent Examples of unforgiving
These people, raised in an unforgiving place, have no need for any of our Alien jargon.
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Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
That discipline matters in a funding climate where capital is both concentrated and unforgiving.
—Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Out in these unforgiving wilds, the five-cabin Ultima Thule Lodge (open May through September) is a beacon of backcountry luxury on the banks of the raging Chitina River.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
Customers also struggled with unforgiving cuts unsuited to larger American bodies.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
That discipline matters in a funding climate where capital is both concentrated and unforgiving.
—Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Out in these unforgiving wilds, the five-cabin Ultima Thule Lodge (open May through September) is a beacon of backcountry luxury on the banks of the raging Chitina River.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
Customers also struggled with unforgiving cuts unsuited to larger American bodies.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 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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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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Her mother, played by Taiwanese singer 9m88, is mercurial and resentful, while her father, embodied by Roy Chiu, returns drunk each night — unpredictable, menacing, explosive.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
18 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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That’s actually the cruelest thing about them.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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The cold on August 27, 2011, was unprecedented—unbridled, utterly cruel.—
Mariana Enriquez
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 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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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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Being consumed by negative emotions like envy or engaging in spiteful behavior does nobody any good.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Fans will be familiar with the sadistic obstacles in Cube, which have the same energy as Borderland’s games.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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But at night, he was described as a sadistic killer who hunted for victims, offering to take their photograph before killing them.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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There is no predicting what joke might set off this particular malignant narcissist in chief, so really, who’s to say who is next?—
Lizz Winstead,
Time,
27 Sep. 2025
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Isabella received her diagnosis in October 2023 and underwent emergency surgery to remove a large medulloblastoma — a type of malignant tumor — in her cerebellum.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Unforgiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unforgiving. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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