ruthless
Adjective: 1. Showing no pity or compassion; merciless: Describes a person, action, or attitude that is harsh, cruel, and determined to achieve something without caring about harming others. 2. Hard and relentless: Implies a severe, uncompromising determination to succeed or enforce one's will.
The adjective "ruthless" is used to describe behavior, decisions, or people characterized by a severe lack of mercy. It often carries a negative connotation, suggesting excessive and often cruel determination. * It typically modifies a noun directly (e.g., a ruthless dictator, ruthless competition). * It can follow linking verbs like "be," "seem," or "become" (e.g., The tactics were ruthless).
- The general was known for his ruthless tactics in war.
- She made a ruthless decision to cut funding from the failing department.
- In the world of business, competition can be ruthless.
- The novel's villain is completely ruthless in his pursuit of power.
- "Ruthless efficiency": A common collocation describing a process or person that achieves goals with extreme effectiveness and without sentiment or unnecessary steps, which can be seen as both admirable and cold.
- The company streamlined its operations with ruthless efficiency.
- Ruthlessly (adverb): In a ruthless manner.
- He ruthlessly eliminated his competitors.
- Ruthlessness (noun): The quality of being ruthless.
- His success was built on a foundation of ruthlessness.
- Merciless
- Pitiless
- Relentless
- Remorseless
- Hard-hearted
- Cruel
- Merciful
- Compassionate
- Gentle
- Lenient
- "Cutthroat" (adjective): While not a direct idiom with "ruthless," this is a closely related term often used in similar contexts (e.g., business, competition) to mean fiercely competitive and merciless.
- It's a cutthroat industry where only the strongest survive.
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without mercy or pity
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an act of ruthless ferocity
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a monster of remorseless cruelty
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