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What does ruthless mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word ruthless? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.
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To others he is nothing short of a ruthless builder of wealth and prestige with little concern for those whom he walks over to get what he wants.
Despite his protestations of innocence, many in jail believed he was the ruthless killer of a defenceless teenager.
As a cash crop, cattle encouraged ranchers to practise ruthless predator control, killing bears, bobcats and mountain lions.
But the ruthless rule of the Norman kings meant that the kingdom was less likely to disintegrate than ever.
It promised ruthless pragmatism about means, but has become dogmatic in its advocacy of the private sector.
Twenty-five thousand people, armed to the teeth, were ranging the city in utter and ruthless defiance of law and righteousness.

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