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# ruthless

adjective (ruthless, more ruthless, most ruthless)

«ruthless» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Having no pity; cruel and hard, willing to hurt others to get what you want. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruthless/#m1)

### In the lessons

a cruel villain or storm that harms people without mercy

### Examples

- The ruthless pirate took all the gold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruthless/#x1)
- A ruthless wind swept the village. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruthless/#x2)
- The wicked queen was ruthless to her servants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruthless/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Psalms often call a violent person ruthless and ask God to rescue the poor from him. In the primary lessons: a cruel villain or storm that harms people without mercy

### Examples

- O my God, rescue me out of the hand of the wicked, out of the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man. (Writings PSA.71.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ruthless/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ruthless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruthless/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ruthless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ruthless.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «ruthless» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ruthless/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ruthless» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ruthless.html) on Mova free.