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.

Derived terms

• remorselessly
• remorselessness

Translations

Without remorse, mercy or pity

• Bulgarian: безпощаден (bg) (bezpoštaden)
• Russian: безжа́лостный (ru) (bezžálostnyj), беспоща́дный (ru) (bespoščádnyj)
• Ukrainian: безжа́льний (uk) (bezžálʹnyj), безжа́лісний (uk) (bezžálisnyj)