Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being remorseless; insensibility to distress.
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- noun The characteristic of lacking
remorse .
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Examples
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"With diabolical ingenuity and with a remorselessness which is reminiscent of the Borgias he planned first George Doughton's death, and then the bringing together of Doughton's son and his own ward.
The Secret House Edgar Wallace 1903
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Rage, revenge, remorselessness: those vermin had it coming.
Marty Kaplan: Students: Cockroaches or Dirty Hippies? Marty Kaplan 2011
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Rage, revenge, remorselessness: those vermin had it coming.
Marty Kaplan: Students: Cockroaches or Dirty Hippies? Marty Kaplan 2011
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As the story deepens, the monarch dispatches relatives and compatriots with astounding frequency and remorselessness.
An Actress in the King's Court Lizzie Simon 2012
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I feared it had come back to biological remorselessness again.
Author, author: Joanna Kavenna Joanna Kavenna 2010
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On the remorselessness and callousness front we have CEO Tony Hayward's recent remarks about wanting his life back, and BPs repeated finger pointing; for a helping of recklessness and deception, there's the decision to use a cheaper, substandard casing for the well, and the falsified blowout preventer reports; and it's difficult to imagine how such dishonesty and recklessness in the name of profit could qualify as lawful.
Keith Harrington: Why BP Is a Textbook Psychopath Keith Harrington 2010
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Dick Cheney took remorselessness to a whole new level.
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Cho's premeditation, remorselessness and lack of affect in his now-infamous video clearly demonstrated that he was a psychopath.
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Then Power could have made comparisons to demonstrate that, although there has been a distressing remorselessness in her readiness to personally attack Obama to gain votes, Hillary is not really a monster.
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The story unfolds with the same remorselessness with which the eponymous drug unravels the world of the story.
Last of the Favourites Challenge – Dhalgren, Samuel R Delany « It Doesn't Have To Be Right… 2008
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