merciless
Americanadjective
adjective
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- mercilessly adverb
- mercilessness noun
Etymology
Origin of merciless
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English mercyles; mercy, -less
Example Sentences
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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.
She decried the culture in Hollywood that devalues writers, telling the Guardian there is a “merciless gag” in which scriptwriters are “the lowest of the low.”
From Los Angeles Times
Analysts say the group is efficient in its operations and merciless with its approach.
From Washington Times
The host’s merciless interviews of liberal activists and willingness to air America’s ugliest impulses in prime time made him a hero to many conservatives.
From Los Angeles Times
“Government officials had told the public lies before, but rarely had they been exposed with such merciless clarity as they were in the Pentagon Papers.”
From Washington Post
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