merciless
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- mercilessly adverb
- mercilessness noun
Etymology
Origin of merciless
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English mercyles; mercy, -less
Example Sentences
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Martin Amis, a merciless observer of foibles, puts one writer’s envy of another at the heart of “The Information.”
Baton Rouge is a merciless hothouse that won’t accept anything short of national titles, but presumably he knows the madness he’s walking into.
Putting it in the merciless terms of the spy game, CIA Director John McCone noted, “This source will be of no further value.”
From Literature
Nevertheless, she remains as statuesque and merciless as Weaver was onscreen.
From Los Angeles Times
Unlike, for example, Molly Jong-Fast’s merciless “How to Lose Your Mother,” “Bad Bad Girl” doesn’t read like a hit job.
From Los Angeles Times
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