0 not involving considering or worrying about any harm caused to others:
the cutthroat world of journalism
The advertising world can be a very cutthroat business.
1 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.
This emphasis on unfair trade practices suspended national planning and revitalized the market by discouraging cutthroat competition.
The requirement of "free and unrestricted competition" was an invitation to cutthroat competition and, ultimately, to the financial ruin of the railroads.
Cutthroat pricing in the competition for a limited ackee supply leads to tension and disputes.
Chap. 3 examines the cutthroat power politics of interactional dupes and "sharks" in a kindergarten classroom.
We were in the midst of a hectic era of cutthroat competition.
Owing to cutthroat competition, they were unable to carry on for very long.
The country is populated by cutthroat tribes, who are always at war with one another.
We all know that if even a small quantity of goods comes in at a cutthroat price, other people have to bring down their price.
