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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After a brief huddle with Lliam the Unmerciful, we decided to forget about Happy Hour.
From Time Magazine Archive
I knew I needed help, so I recruited my good friend Lliam the Unmerciful , an old dirt tracker from Boston, to be my mechanic.
From Time Magazine Archive
Christ's name.—My brother and I.—Parable of the Unmerciful Servant Chapter 25.
From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward
Unmerciful and monstrous are the noises with which some persons accompany the eating—no, the devouring of the food for which, we trust, they are thankful.
From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Hartley, Cecil B.
Still moods and slumberous fanned on To dreams that rock to sleep, Unmerciful abandon, That haunts or makes one weep.
From The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics by Cawein, Madison Julius
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