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unmerciful

[ uhn-mur-si-fuhl ]

adjective

  1. merciless; relentless; severe; cruel; pitiless.
  2. unsparingly great, extreme, or excessive, as amounts:

    to talk for an unmerciful length of time.



unmerciful

/ ʌnˈmɜːsɪfʊl /

adjective

  1. showing no mercy; relentless
  2. extreme or excessive
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • unˈmercifulness, noun
  • unˈmercifully, adverb
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Other Words From

  • un·merci·ful·ly adverb
  • un·merci·ful·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of unmerciful1

First recorded in 1475–85; un- 1 + merciful
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Example Sentences

On a bleak night, there was a moment of dark comedy when Brendan Rodgers sat down to assess the unmerciful hiding that had just been inflicted on his team.

From BBC

You remembered the halcyon days of the first coming of Brendan Rodgers and the unmerciful hidings his team doled out to their chums from across the city.

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The word "cruel" originates from the Latin word crudelis, which is defined as "hardhearted, bloodthirsty, unmerciful and inhuman."

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In March, Manchin told the Bluefield Daily Telegraph that the 4th Circuit "has been unmerciful on allowing any progress" by Mountain Valley Pipeline.

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It took the huge and sudden migration of the Gold Rush for the tribe to be confronted by unmerciful invaders.

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