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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

/ ʌˈɜːɪʊ /

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

  • ܲˈڳܱԱ, noun
  • ܲˈڳܱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܲ·c·ڳܱ· adverb
  • ܲ·c·ڳܱ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of unmerciful1

First recorded in 1475–85; un- 1 + merciful
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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.

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You remembered the halcyon days of the first coming of Brendan Rodgers and the unmerciful hidings his team doled out to their chums from across the city.

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The word "cruel" originates from the Latin word crudelis, which is defined as "hardhearted, bloodthirsty, unmerciful and inhuman."

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In March, Manchin told the Bluefield Daily Telegraph that the 4th Circuit "has been unmerciful on allowing any progress" by Mountain Valley Pipeline.

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It took the huge and sudden migration of the Gold Rush for the tribe to be confronted by unmerciful invaders.

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