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unmerciful
[ uhn-mur-si-fuhl ]
adjective
- merciless; relentless; severe; cruel; pitiless.
- unsparingly great, extreme, or excessive, as amounts:
to talk for an unmerciful length of time.
unmerciful
/ ʌnˈmɜːsɪfʊl /
adjective
- showing no mercy; relentless
- extreme or excessive
Derived Forms
- unˈmercifulness, noun
- unˈmercifully, adverb
Other Words From
- un·merci·ful·ly adverb
- un·merci·ful·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of unmerciful1
Example Sentences
In March, Manchin told the Bluefield Daily Telegraph that the 4th Circuit “has been unmerciful on allowing any progress” by Mountain Valley Pipeline.
His master may be a man of some conscientious scruples; ours may be unmerciful.
Chaucer refers us to Aleyn's description on account of its unmerciful length; it was hopeless to attempt even an epitome of it.
One characteristic mark of a heathen is, that he is "without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful."
No sooner had the hated word been uttered, than his companions assailed him in a most unmerciful manner.
His denial was unavailing, and by the enraged teacher he was beaten in a most unjust and unmerciful manner.
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