rücksichtslos
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from German rücksichtslos.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Adjective
[edit]rücksichtslos (not comparable)
- ruthless
- Synonyms: meedogenloos, nietsontziend
Declension
[edit]The inflected form rücksichtsloze also occurs frequently (by analogy with regular Dutch adjectives ending in -loos).
Declension of rücksichtslos | ||||
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uninflected | rücksichtslos | |||
inflected | rücksichtlose | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | rücksichtslos | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | rücksichtlose | ||
n. sing. | rücksichtslos | |||
plural | rücksichtlose | |||
definite | rücksichtlose | |||
partitive | rücksichtslos |
Derived terms
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Rücksicht (“consideration”) + -s- + -los.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]rücksichtslos (strong nominative masculine singular rücksichtsloser, comparative rücksichtsloser, superlative am rücksichtslosesten)
- inconsiderate (reckless)
- inconsiderate (ruthless)
- 1961 [1849 May 19], Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, “[Die standrechtliche Beseitigung der ‚Neuen Rheinischen Zeitung‘]”, in Marx-Engels Werke, volume 6, page 505; English translation based on “[The Summary Suppression of the Neue Rheinische Zeitung]”, in Salo Ryazanskaya, transl., Marx/Engels Collected Works, volume 9, 1977, page 453:
- Wir sind rücksichtslos, wir verlangen keine Rücksicht von euch. Wenn die Reihe an uns kömmt, wir werden den Terrorismus nicht beschönigen.
- We are compassionless and we ask no compassion from you. When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terrorism.
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of rücksichtslos
Comparative forms of rücksichtslos
Superlative forms of rücksichtslos
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Dutch: rücksichtslos
Further reading
[edit]- “rücksichtslos” in Duden online
- “rücksichtslos” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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