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merciless

[mur-si-lis] / ˈmɜr sɪ lɪs /


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Martin Amis, a merciless observer of foibles, puts one writer’s envy of another at the heart of “The Information.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Baton Rouge is a merciless hothouse that won’t accept anything short of national titles, but presumably he knows the madness he’s walking into.

From The Wall Street Journal

Putting it in the merciless terms of the spy game, CIA Director John McCone noted, “This source will be of no further value.”

From Literature

Nevertheless, she remains as statuesque and merciless as Weaver was onscreen.

From Los Angeles Times

Unlike, for example, Molly Jong-Fast’s merciless “How to Lose Your Mother,” “Bad Bad Girl” doesn’t read like a hit job.

From Los Angeles Times