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Ruthless

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Having no compassion or pity; merciless: ruthless cruelty; ruthless opportunism.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Having no ruth; cruel; pitiless.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Having no ruth or pity; cruel; pitiless; barbarous; insensible to the miseries of others.

Unmodified or unrestrained by pity; marked by unfaltering rigor; relentless; merciless: as, ruthless severity.

Synonyms Unpitying, hard-hearted.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. without mercy or pity

Word Usage

"Over Microsoft's formative years when they redefined the term ruthless, my friends and I worked for several startup and small companies that were crushed by Microsoft which they then bought for pennies on the dollar."

Equivalent

merciless unmerciful

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

cruel pitiless uncompassionate

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

toothless

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

brutal merciless unscrupulous murderous inhuman