2 example sentences using cutthroat.

Cutthroat used in a sentence

Cutthroat in a sentence as a noun

You know how you've been in a cutthroat meritocratic competition for essentially every gate you've ever passed through in life up until now?

Cutthroat in a sentence as an adjective

You'll encourage a leadership culture of cutthroat sociopaths whose success is at best tangentially related to the quality of their work.

Cutthroat definitions

noun

someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat

adjective

ruthless in competition; "cutthroat competition"; "bowelless readiness to take advantage"

See also: fierce bowelless