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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.
RUTHLESSNESS definition: 1. the quality of not thinking or worrying about any pain caused to others when deciding what you…. Learn more.
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.
RUTHLESSNESS meaning: 1. the quality of not thinking or worrying about any pain caused to others when deciding what you…. Learn more.
Synonyms for RUTHLESSNESS: mercilessness, cruelty, pitilessness, savagery, heartlessness, sadism, brutality, inhumanity; Antonyms of RUTHLESSNESS: sympathy, compassion, kindness, humanity, humaneness, benignity, tenderness, warmth.
If you say that someone is ruthless, you mean that you disapprove of them because they are very harsh or cruel, and will do anything that is necessary to achieve what they want. ...an invasion by a ruthless totalitarian power. The late newspaper tycoon is condemned for his ruthless treatment of employees.
hard and cruel behaviour; being determined to get what you want without caring if you hurt other people. Tyson gained a reputation for ruthlessness. Definitions on the go. Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
