무자비하다 Korean adjective conjugation
brutal, ruthless
Every form of 무자비하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 무자비한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 무자비해
- -으니Since
- 무자비하니
- 합니다Formal
- 무자비합니다
현재Present
The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 무자비해요 | 무자비합니다 | 무자비해 | 무자비하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 무자비했어요 | 무자비했습니다 | 무자비했어 | 무자비했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 무자비하겠어요 | 무자비하겠습니다 | 무자비하겠어 | 무자비하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 무자비할 거예요 | 무자비할 것입니다 | 무자비할 거야 | 무자비할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 무자비해요? | 무자비합니까? | 무자비해? | 무자비하니? |
| 과거Past | 무자비했어요? | 무자비했습니까? | 무자비했어? | 무자비했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 무자비해요 | 안 무자비합니다 | 안 무자비해 | 안 무자비하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 무자비하지 않아요 | 무자비하지 않습니다 | 무자비하지 않아 | 무자비하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 무자비하세요 | 무자비하십니다 | 무자비하셔 | 무자비하시다 |
| 과거Past | 무자비하셨어요 | 무자비하셨습니다 | 무자비하셨어 | 무자비하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 무자비한
- 과거Past
- 무자비한
- 미래Future
- 무자비할
- 회상Used to
- 무자비하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 무자비하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 무자비하게
- -어서so / and then
- 무자비해서
- -으니까since
- 무자비하니까
- -으면if / when
- 무자비하면
- -지만but
- 무자비하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 무자비한데
- -어도even if
- 무자비해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 무자비하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
이 세상은 무자비한 경쟁으로 이루어져 있고
We were shaped by a process that is ruthlessly competitive.
우리 손님들은 무자비한 사람들이거든
The guys I deal with, they can be ruthless.
그럴 때에만 투자가 무자비하고 무신경한 소비증가를 부추기지 않게 될 것입니다.
Only now, investment isn't going to be about the relentless and mindless pursuit of consumption growth.
사업을 하는 사람들은 무자비하고, 또 그래야만 성공할 수 있다고 생각했습니다.
I thought that business people were supposed to just be ruthless and that that was the only way you could have a chance of succeeding.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 무자비하다 in Korean?
무자비하다 (brutal, ruthless) is 무자비해요 in the polite 해요체, 무자비합니다 in formal 합니다체, 무자비해 in casual 반말 and 무자비하다 in the plain written style. The past is 무자비했어요.
What is the past tense of 무자비하다?
무자비했어요 in everyday polite speech, 무자비했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 무자비하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 무자비하다 irregular?
Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 무자비하여 and 무자비하니 but unchanged in 무자비합니다.
What TOPIK level is 무자비하다?
It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.
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