as in ruthless
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings
a pachydermatous pop diva with little regard for punctuality or other people's schedules
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But when the ruthless Mafia boss Nicola Grimaldi discovers his young son has been kidnapped and murdered, the suspect and Grimaldi’s former friend Vito seeks refuge with police.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025 -
The way to move up in your organization might require being ruthless.—
Roberta Matuson,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Lottie proposes that Natalie be stripped of her title and that the merciless and vicious Shauna should lead them instead.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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The animal is fully present, merciless and hungry.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Sandoval has received some pay bumps, including a temporary $10,000-a-year bonus for Hawaii special education teachers designed to alleviate shortages in that and other hard-to-staff areas.—
Alia Wong,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2023
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Whether those numbers are an overstatement, or possibly an understatement, is hard to say.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2023
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Romer may one day look up at the stony faces of Daniel Boone or Betsy Ross in their patriotic splendor and decide that her sacrifice was worth it.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
15 Apr. 2025
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Then stony coral tissue loss disease arrived in 2014, decimating corals in a deadly wave along Florida's reefs.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA TODAY,
24 Sep. 2024
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“Pachydermatous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pachydermatous. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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