pitiless

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/ˈpɪtɪləs/

Definition of pitiless

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adj

Having, or showing, no pity; merciless, ruthless.

“O God! can I not save / One from the pitiless wave? / Is all that we see or seem / But a dream within a dream?”
“Her clothes were torn to mere shreds and tatters, and through the pitiful rags her once white and tender skin showed raw and bleeding from contact with the thousand pitiless thorns and brambles through which she had been dragged.”

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adj

Having, or showing, no pity; merciless, ruthless.

“O God! can I not save / One from the pitiless wave? / Is all that we see or seem / But a dream within a dream?”
“Her clothes were torn to mere shreds and tatters, and through the pitiful rags her once white and tender skin showed raw and bleeding from contact with the thousand pitiless thorns and brambles through which she had been dragged.”
Having no kind feelings; unkind.

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From Middle English piteeles, pyteles; equivalent to pity + -less.

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