remorseless

English

Etymology

From remorse +‎ -less.

Adjective

remorseless (comparative more remorseless, superlative most remorseless)

  1. Without remorse, mercy or pity.
    Antonym: remorseful
  2. Unyielding or relentless.
    • 1968, Christopher Hodder-Williams, “Hands”, in Fistful of Digits, London: Coronet Books, published 1972, →ISBN, page 125:
      She was, in fact, constitutionally impervious to statistics and preferred to study the be-headphoned group of fifteen or so lethargic wanderers who were taking even less notice of the remorseless squawkings than she was.

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