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as in uncompromising
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as in resentful
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Recent Examples of unforgiving
Ultimately, what matters is that the captain’s unforgiving side has been activated.
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Emma Soren, Vulture, 29 July 2025
Haslam is unforgiving, in particular, of Bill Clinton’s policymaking over eight crucial years that led to the admission of the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland to NATO.
—Samuel Moyn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
But with very strict internal logic about what constitutes a proper jump, and some very unforgiving windows to do it correctly, solving basic puzzles and dodging hazards can be frustrating.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025
And when those expectations aren’t met, the market reaction can be swift and unforgiving.
—Cody Slach, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Emma Soren, Vulture, 29 July 2025
Haslam is unforgiving, in particular, of Bill Clinton’s policymaking over eight crucial years that led to the admission of the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland to NATO.
—Samuel Moyn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
But with very strict internal logic about what constitutes a proper jump, and some very unforgiving windows to do it correctly, solving basic puzzles and dodging hazards can be frustrating.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025
And when those expectations aren’t met, the market reaction can be swift and unforgiving.
—Cody Slach, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unforgiving
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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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Sparked by the good early form of James Maddison, Tottenham briefly looked like title contenders, with an incredibly uncompromising form of football.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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But others defended Wong as a successful leader who was hounded by resentful former officials who were voted out when her slate was elected.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
5 Aug. 2025
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But exactly the opposite needs to happen: the patient needs to enact her struggle in the room, to be messy, irrational, resentful, out of control.—
Leslie Jamison,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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There are umbrellas at Queen’s Club, too, but only to shelter from the unyielding, scorching heat.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
20 June 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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That is a particularly egregious example of how the Trump Administration has been gratuitously cruel to the Sudanese.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2025
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Stacy, Tim’s wife, also died of pancreatic cancer five months later in February of 2024, a cruel hand for a family that for years had gone above and beyond in their efforts to raise money and awareness for cancer research.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
3 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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Yet for wealthy donors, who now account for the majority of charitable giving, the Senate bill is decidedly uncharitable.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
3 July 2025
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Maybe the Iranians could propose that name change in spiteful retaliation.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
12 May 2025
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Stewart’s switch from his usual snark to imitate Colbert’s buffoonery proved how spiteful and irreligious political humor has become since the left’s worship of Barack Obama and subsequent persecution of President Trump.—
Armond White,
National Review,
25 July 2025
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Yet, instead of protesting in the streets condemning Hamas’ sadistic butchery and demanding the terror group release its hostages and leave the Gaza Strip so that the Palestinian people may crawl out from beneath its rancid thumb, the American left focuses its ire on Israel instead.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Aug. 2025
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That might sound like a typically sadistic revenge thriller a la The Glory.—
Geoffrey Bunting,
Time,
1 Aug. 2025
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The fundraiser follows McIvor’s announcement earlier this month that he’d been diagnosed with glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive type of malignant brain tumor experienced by adults.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
15 July 2025
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The test measures the level of PSA, a protein produced by normal as well as malignant prostate gland cells, in the blood.—
Ronnie Cohen,
NPR,
21 May 2025
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“Unforgiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unforgiving. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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