as in ruthless
not guided by or showing a concern for what is right
cutthroat business practices intended to drive competitors out of business
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as in assassin
a person who kills another person
while traveling the ancient Silk Road, traders were constant prey to cutthroats and thieves
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Recent Examples of cutthroat
Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
Stanley dealers were not in cutthroat competition for filthy lucre.
—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026
Young people in China face a cutthroat job market and are trying to stay competitive amid slowing economic growth.
—Erin Tan, NBC news, 4 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
The fate of Runway now in the hands of Elias Clark scion Jay and his team of cutthroat management consultants, Andy, seeking a lifeline, reaches out to Dior honcho Emily and her bizarre tech billionaire biohacker boyfriend Benji Barnes (Justin Theroux).
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
Stanley dealers were not in cutthroat competition for filthy lucre.
—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
Their annual festive holiday gift exchange spirals into a cutthroat game of Christmas carnage.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026
Young people in China face a cutthroat job market and are trying to stay competitive amid slowing economic growth.
—Erin Tan, NBC news, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutthroat
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Reduce Wasted Spend to Fund Your Next Project Founders are ruthless about cutting overhead, yet many creatives let thousands of dollars leak away on essential work expenses like software subscriptions, tech and supplies.—
Rhett Power,
Rolling Stone,
6 May 2026
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Stéphane de Groodt also appears, while Jochen Hägele plays the ruthless Nazi officer Dieter Frank.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
4 May 2026
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Even more frightening is a judge apologizing to an assassin who risked the lives of 2,000 people while attempting to assassinate the president and his cabinet.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2026
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In Disavowed, Marsden will play legendary CIA Case Officer Brad Griffin, who is abruptly fired in the middle of a global hunt for an elusive assassin responsible for killing his colleague.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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Each side views members of the other party not as merely having a different view on politics but rather as evil or immoral.—
James Piazza,
Twin Cities,
30 Apr. 2026
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Pope Francis changed the church’s social teaching to declare capital punishment immoral in all cases.—
Nicole Winfield,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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The comedy is instead more deadpan, with Rhys playing the flustered straight man against a (sometimes literal) murderer’s row of ensemble members and guest stars.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
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And though the local history museum is nothing but artifacts of atrocities (old newspaper report of cannibalism, a murderer’s mask), only Wyck (Stephen Root, great as always) sees anything paranormal in it, and he’s generally written off as a drunk.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Well remember, there’s a corrupt shadow hanging over the Supreme Court.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
10 May 2026
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Voicer Chris Lee conjures a hypothetically corrupt fire inspection system to oppose battery storage.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2026
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Downstairs, the Studio Bar is sort of a society living room for Newport’s pretty young things, with a killer skinny margarita on offer, as well as elevated small bites like kobe beef sliders and truffle fries.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 May 2026
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This week one of the hot topics in the cesspool of Reddit was mood killers when things are just starting to heat up.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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The ads from both sides describe an unscrupulous, moneyed and ruthless entity preying on people at their most vulnerable moments.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
8 May 2026
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Members of parliament also raised concerns that unscrupulous individuals might attempt to leverage the scheme to their advantage.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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Practically all the public’s attention has been on the president and his oddball or vengeful or unprincipled actions.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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How pathetically far this blithering, unprincipled piece of trash has gone to endanger other lives, to expressly distract and deflect from his own wicked deeds, and to further benefit his grifting family’s larcenously enlarged bounties.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Cutthroat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutthroat. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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