remorseless

remorseless

English

Etymology

    From remorse + -less.

    Adjective

    remorseless (comparative more remorseless, superlative most remorseless)

    1. Without remorse, mercy or pity.
      Synonyms: merciless, pitiless, ruthless; see also Thesaurus:cruel
      Antonym: remorseful
    2. Unyielding or relentless.
      • 1968, Christopher Hodder-Williams, “Hands”, in Fistful of Digits, London: Coronet Books, published 1972, →ISBN, page 125:
        She was, in fact, constitutionally impervious to statistics and preferred to study the be-headphoned group of fifteen or so lethargic wanderers who were taking even less notice of the remorseless squawkings than she was.

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