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pitiless

[pit-i-lis, pit-ee-] / ˈpɪt ɪ lɪs, ˈpɪt i- /


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Before Standard Oil became “the most gigantic, the most cruel, impudent, pitiless, and grasping monopoly which ever fastened upon a community,” it was a start-up.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

Australian Jews are on the front lines in a pitiless war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

She can peg a person’s height at a glance and sum up their prospects in a pitiless snap judgment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

As Ambrose Pierce wrote, “Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless and the grave, blind as a stone and irrational as a headless man.”

From Salon • May 17, 2025

It rained in New York State, the Empire State, rained cold and pitiless, as the highway-sign writers would put it.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck




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