unmerciful
Americanadjective
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merciless; relentless; severe; cruel; pitiless.
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unsparingly great, extreme, or excessive, as amounts.
to talk for an unmerciful length of time.
adjective
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showing no mercy; relentless
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extreme or excessive
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Example Sentences
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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 ● Oct. 1, 2024
In March, Manchin told the Bluefield Daily Telegraph that the 4th Circuit "has been unmerciful on allowing any progress" by Mountain Valley Pipeline.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2022
Doing stand-up, Leggero is observational and unmerciful, lampooning everyone from Rite-Aid cashiers to typewriter-toting hipsters, a dumpster-diving Burning Man attendee named “Flapjack,” and, naturally, Kasher.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
It took the huge and sudden migration of the Gold Rush for the tribe to be confronted by unmerciful invaders.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
The Reverend Mr. Helmuth was pondering “this unmerciful enemy” as he made his way through the city.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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