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pitiless

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


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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

But they subjected the commission’s rulemaking procedure to pitiless quibbling.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025

Our reviewer called the book “beautiful and brilliant, heartbreaking and wise, but also pitiless, which may be controversial to list among its virtues but is in fact essential to its success.”

From New York Times • May 8, 2023

Deceiving ourselves that way is foolish; using that lie to string along our loved ones is pitiless.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2023

“I told you to speak no lie, Encanis,” Tehlu said, pitiless.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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