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RUTHLESSNESS definition: 1. the quality of not thinking or worrying about any pain caused to others when deciding what you…. Learn more.
RUTHLESSNESS meaning: 1. the quality of not thinking or worrying about any pain caused to others when deciding what you…. Learn more.
Ruthlessness is the quality of having no mercy or pity for other people. Your cruelty toward your younger sister might be described as ruthlessness. Someone who's ruthless is uncaring, harsh, or even brutal towards others — and the characteristic of acting this way is ruthlessness.
RUTHLESS definition: 1. not thinking or worrying about any pain caused to others; cruel: 2. not thinking or worrying…. Learn more.
Synonyms for RUTHLESSNESS: mercilessness, cruelty, pitilessness, savagery, heartlessness, sadism, brutality, inhumanity; Antonyms of RUTHLESSNESS: sympathy, compassion, kindness, humanity, humaneness, benignity, tenderness, warmth.
The noun ruth, which is now considerably less common than ruthless, means "compassion for the misery of another," "sorrow for one's own faults," or "remorse." And, just as it is possible for one to be without ruth, it is also possible to be full of ruth.
Definition of ruthlessness noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A ruthless action or activity is done forcefully and thoroughly, without much concern for its effects on other people. Her lawyers have been ruthless in thrashing out a settlement. [ + in] Successfully merging two banks requires a fast and ruthless attack on costs. ruthlessly adverb. ...a ruthlessly efficient woman.
Janet was shocked by the ruthlessness of it, for Lise appeared relieved, almost gay.
feeling or showing no mercy; hardhearted. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012. Discover More.
