pitiless
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Philosopher Timothy McGrew then observes that Mr. Dawkins “has famously said that ‘the universe has at bottom just those properties one would expect if there were no design, no purpose, only blind pitiless indifference.’
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
She can peg a person’s height at a glance and sum up their prospects in a pitiless snap judgment.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025
Deceiving ourselves that way is foolish; using that lie to string along our loved ones is pitiless.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2023
Yet what happens when power descends, razing that village to the ground and remaking it in its own pitiless image?
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023
They were pitiless, powerful avatars from another world.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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