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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

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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