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as in uncompromising
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as in resentful
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Recent Examples of unforgiving
The schedule doesn’t care about embarrassment, and the league is too unforgiving to sulk.
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C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
His own teammates, during practices, were the most unforgiving.
—Jason Quick, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
The thought of going out there alone, playing unforgiving Bach from memory, was too frightening.
—John Phipps, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
This period of our history will eventually be judged, and the verdict will be unforgiving—because Thrasymachus was wrong.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026
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C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
His own teammates, during practices, were the most unforgiving.
—Jason Quick, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
The thought of going out there alone, playing unforgiving Bach from memory, was too frightening.
—John Phipps, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
This period of our history will eventually be judged, and the verdict will be unforgiving—because Thrasymachus was wrong.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unforgiving
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And Outside? The EVO’s design is equally uncompromising.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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The Gallardo was unlike previous Lamborghinis: extreme but friendly, uncompromising but comfortable.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
21 Nov. 2025
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As the franchise struggled to recapture the magic established under Jerry Buss, Jeanie had grown distant and resentful, the report said, that James didn’t take accountability for involvement with the decision to acquire Russell Westbrook in 2021.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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Schouler, meanwhile, becomes increasingly resentful, less about losing Trina than about missing out on her winnings.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2026
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Fritzie survived — a story of brutality, of profound bravery, of desperate kindness and of the unyielding resilience that carried her into a life devoted to remembrance and education.—
Bernard Cherkasov,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Changing the way nylon assembles in the molecular stage can transform it from a solidly unyielding material like climbing rope into something with more buoyancy — for instance, a sports bra.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Young people are growing up in a climate that can feel cruel, divided or lonely.—
Julie Ruth Owen,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
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And cutting nurses’ health care benefits is just cruel.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2026
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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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If not for Camilla, who’d gone out of her way to take Regina in, even letting her share the bedroom with her and Lalla, the others wouldn’t have welcomed her—not out of spite, no, because none of them were spiteful after all, but out of indifference, selfishness, plain and simple.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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Glenn Close, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington and Andrew Scott play members of the spiteful holy man’s cult of personality.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
25 Nov. 2025
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Why cruise lines conduct safety drills Safety drills, also called muster drills, are not the brainchild of a sadistic cruise ship officer, trying to place obstacles between cruise guests and their sunbathing and cocktails.—
Erica Silverstein,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Jan. 2026
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Readers follow Carl and his ex-girlfriend's cat, Princess Donut, after an alien invasion destroys the Earth, forcing many of the survivors into a sadistic, deadly game show for an intergalactic audience.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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And interferon-gamma is used against chronic granulomatous disease and a bone disease known as severe malignant osteopetrosis.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Spark excelled in dark humor of a particular British type—apparently presentable people plotting ingeniously malignant crimes (think Roald Dahl)—and combined this with a gift for dry, demimondaine London dialogue in the style of, say, Anthony Powell.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Unforgiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unforgiving. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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