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competing in a strong and unfair way, without considering any harm caused to others: a cut-throat business / market / world. Scrapping of price fixing legislation led to a cut-throat battle for supermarket customers. Many firms have fallen victim to cut-throat competition.
adjective. us / ˈkʌtˌθroʊt / Add to word list. showing no care or consideration for the harm done to others with whom you are in competition: He was unhappy working in the cutthroat world of advertising. (Definition of cutthroat from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of cutthroat. cutthroat.
noun. cut· throat ˈkət-ˌthrōt. Synonyms of cutthroat. 1. : killer, murderer. 2. : a cruel unprincipled person. cutthroat. 2 of 2. adjective. 1. : murderous, cruel. 2. : marked by unprincipled practices : ruthless. cutthroat competition. 3.
If you describe a situation as cut-throat, you mean that the people or companies involved all want success and do not care if they harm each other in getting it.
competing in a strong and unfair way, without considering any harm caused to others: a cut-throat business / market / world. Scrapping of price fixing legislation led to a cut-throat battle for supermarket customers. Many firms have fallen victim to cut-throat competition.
Definition of cutthroat. as in ruthless. not guided by or showing a concern for what is right cutthroat business practices intended to drive competitors out of business. Synonyms & Similar Words. Relevance. ruthless. immoral. corrupt. unscrupulous. unprincipled. Machiavellian. unethical. merciless. unconscionable. crooked. dishonest. pitiless.
Definition of cut-throat adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. Cruel; murderous. 2. Relentless or merciless in competition: a cutthroat business. 3. Sports & Games Being a form of a game in which each of three or more players acts and scores individually: cutthroat handball; cutthroat bridge. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Cutthroat definition: a person who cuts the throat of another; a murderer.. See examples of CUTTHROAT used in a sentence.
adjective. us / ˈkʌtˌθroʊt / Add to word list. showing no care or consideration for the harm done to others with whom you are in competition: He was unhappy working in the cutthroat world of advertising. (Definition of cutthroat from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of cutthroat. cutthroat.
