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Not forgiving, like an incomplete Bible (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ruthless

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'forgiving like an incomplete bible' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'not' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'not' could be 'less' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'less' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ruth' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for ruthless that I've seen before include "Callous" , "hard" , "Brutal" , "Without mercy or pity" , "Without pity or compassion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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