Remorseless is an English word with synonyms like pitiless or ruthless. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Remorseless meaning
- Without remorse, mercy or pity.
- Unyielding or relentless.
Synonyms of Remorseless
Using Remorseless
- The main meaning on this page is: Without remorse, mercy or pity. | Unyielding or relentless.
- Useful related words include: pitiless, ruthless, unpitying, merciless.
- In the example corpus, remorseless often appears in combinations such as: and remorseless, the remorseless, as remorseless.
Context around Remorseless
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Remorseless
- In this selection, "remorseless" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, times, callous, cynical, killer, logic and coldness stand out and add context to how "remorseless" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are not remorseless against accusations and at times remorseless treatment hospital. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "remorseless" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with remorseless
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Remorseless to the end: Five Trinitarios gang members flash. (9 words)
The vast majority of us are not remorseless against accusations of sexual assault. (13 words)
They were seasoned, worldly, intelligent men, trapped by the remorseless logic of their own foreign policy. (16 words)
Shot in remorseless, unforgiving close-up by first time Hungarian director László Nemes, the story of a Jewish prison-camp worker whose job it is to help clear the gas chamber of corpses is cinema at its absolute rawest. (39 words)
The record of his two terms showed that a lot of people—implacable and remorseless Republicans on Capitol Hill, most of all—didn’t give a damn how smart and earnest and conscientious he thought he was. (37 words)
In any case, the remorseless coldness that made it almost impossible for her to keep her staff from quitting again and again as the vice president speaks to something deeply wrong on the inside. (34 words)
If there was ever a show that functioned as remorseless, actor-proof machine it was … well, okay, it was … followed by literally every successful daytime soap opera, but is totally in the mix! (33 words)
Example sentences (17)
But on three occasions, lawyers for the state attorney’s office have shown up at parole board hearings to argue that Mr. Schofield is a remorseless killer who should die in prison.
They were seasoned, worldly, intelligent men, trapped by the remorseless logic of their own foreign policy.
In any case, the remorseless coldness that made it almost impossible for her to keep her staff from quitting again and again as the vice president speaks to something deeply wrong on the inside.
So began years of at times remorseless treatment, hospital stays, and cruel setbacks as the Wood family’s lives were turned upside down overnight.
The vast majority of us are not remorseless against accusations of sexual assault.
He coined the term “superpredator,” depicting Black children as remorseless animals who would prey on victims.
Psychopaths and politicians both have a tendency to be selfish, callous, remorseless users of others, irresponsible, pathological liars, glib, con artists, lacking in remorse, and shallow.
The record of his two terms showed that a lot of people—implacable and remorseless Republicans on Capitol Hill, most of all—didn’t give a damn how smart and earnest and conscientious he thought he was.
When Tony Abbott recalls his prime ministership, he could be describing a remorseless climb up an exhausting hill on one of his cycling journeys for charity.
If there was ever a show that functioned as remorseless, actor-proof machine it was … well, okay, it was … followed by literally every successful daytime soap opera, but is totally in the mix!
Our popular culture has become more violent, vulgar, cynical, remorseless, depressed and devious than ever before.
Remorseless to the end: Five Trinitarios gang members flash.
Shot in remorseless, unforgiving close-up by first time Hungarian director László Nemes, the story of a Jewish prison-camp worker whose job it is to help clear the gas chamber of corpses is cinema at its absolute rawest.
Anderson would not concede top spot in Group Lleyton Hewitt easily but Federer was remorseless in the second, pouncing on second serves with brutality.
His timeshare between rapping and singing compliments every track Redd graces such as “Negative Energy” where he totes a remorseless tone and aggression towards his enemies.
In reality, however, the psychopaths you are likely to meet are less the axe-wielding murderous types, more, just remorseless, egotistical, antisocial, controlling ones.
Depictions in fiction Margaret of Anjou is the main character in Susan Appleyard's 2015 book 'The Remorseless Queen'.
Common combinations with remorseless
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and remorseless 2×
- the remorseless 2×
- as remorseless 2×
- was remorseless 2×