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as in uncompromising
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as in resentful
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Recent Examples of unforgiving
Horror movies can often be unforgiving to animals, but this service cat helps the terminally ill Sam (Lupita Nyong'o) face the apocalypse — and ultimately survives against the odds.
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Devan Coggan, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
For promoted clubs, England’s top division gets increasingly unforgiving.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
But theatrical acoustics can be unforgiving, especially with an actor who tends to swallow his lines, however slyly.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
Djokovic has pulled out of Rome and is struggling to put any kind of run together on the most unforgiving surface of them all.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Devan Coggan, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
For promoted clubs, England’s top division gets increasingly unforgiving.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
But theatrical acoustics can be unforgiving, especially with an actor who tends to swallow his lines, however slyly.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
Djokovic has pulled out of Rome and is struggling to put any kind of run together on the most unforgiving surface of them all.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unforgiving
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What the uncompromising Russians fail to fully grasp is that the Soviet Union died in 1991 and is not coming back.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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The uncompromising German inventor of the 12-tone system had just fled Nazi Germany, and the meeting became a battle of high art and entertainment.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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After dodging several audience questions about an Office reboot during his opening monologue-turned-Q&A, Carell started getting peppered with resentful recriminations from his own former costars.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
29 May 2025
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The complexities of her character mirrored in her stony, resentful stare, in her grim, unforgiving mouth, will always baffle and enthrall.—
E.R. Zarevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 May 2025
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Redefining Strength In Leadership Traditional notions of strength in legal leadership emphasize stoicism and an unyielding demeanor.—
Raquel Gomes,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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For almost the entire match, their support was utterly unyielding.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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The reason Evin is infamous is because of its terribly cruel high security detention centers that are poorly supervised by the Prison Chief.—
Jeff Kaufman,
Time,
30 May 2025
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But then perhaps that is her unsatisfying but depressingly undeniable point: there is no challenging minds this small, behaviors this cruel, spirits this mean.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
30 May 2025
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Politics is a dirty game where partisans are incentivized to be as uncharitable about the other side as possible.—
Sal Rodriguez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 May 2025
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Danny is preparing her staff for an imminent natural disaster in this scene, so the tone’s quite serious already, and her opinion of Grey’s seems uncharitable at best.—
Rebecca Luther,
TVLine,
3 Apr. 2025
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Several diss tracks followed, with the musicians hurling increasingly spiteful insults at each other relating to accusations of domestic abuse, exploitation and pedophilia.—
Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Mar. 2025
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The more spiteful Drake could smell a world of buff, misogynistic grifters taking hold and made sure to set up shop where the audience would be.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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May 27, 2025 One of the standout performances of the franchise is Anthony Starr as Homelander, a sadistic version of Superman that leads the superhero group The Seven.—
Jeremy Hanna,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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But evil often exists within the walls of a home rather than outside: her sadistic brother Shawn physically abused her for years while her parents looked the other way.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
28 May 2025
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According to a GoFundMe page set up in her name, Phelan was eventually diagnosed with a grade 4 malignant brain tumor that was categorized as a glioma, a growth of cells that starts in the brain or spinal cord, according to the Mayo Clinic.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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Last month, my son reached two years in remission from a rare, malignant cancer that almost took his eye and his life.—
Dayna Copeland,
The Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Unforgiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unforgiving. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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