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US
/ˈɹuθɫəsnəs/
]
[ UK /ɹˈuːθləsnəs/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈuːθləsnəs/ ]
NOUN
- mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity
- feelings of extreme heartlessness
How To Use ruthlessness In A Sentence
- Have any of the great fortunes we admire been put together without ruthlessness?
- His performance combines brazen ruthlessness with charm, wit, and clear human frailties.
- There is a chilling ruthlessness to the alleged strategy, matched by the style of its apparent execution.
- When television replays and closeups became possible, all this human frailty and professional ruthlessness became multiplied many times. Times, Sunday Times
- Beneath the languid demeanour and the aristocratic drawl was what one of his closest civil service allies called a ‘constructive ruthlessness’.
- China has a huge dining market keep both Be wearing huge business opportunities and ruthlessness competition.
- He has had a Godfather's ruthlessness in his iron grip over the Catholic Church, his refusal to incorporate modern thinking into its teaching.
- In the eyes of the vast majority of Arabs and Muslims Israel has become synonym to death, brutality, wars and destruction to the extent that the term Zionist Jew in the Middle East has become a synonym to murder, brutality and ruthlessness. Countercurrents.org
- The king's undeniable ruthlessness can be seen either as needless brutality, or as necessitous firmness in his utter determination to achieve total victory.
- No, even though he may not lack their batsmanship, he lacks the drive, the ruthlessness, the sustained pursuit of excellence, the sheer force of will and personality which has marked their greatness.