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unmercied

unmercied adjective: unmerciful; merciless.

Adjective

unmercied (comparative more unmercied, superlative most unmercied)

  1. (obsolete) unmerciful; merciless
    • Out fly the Irish, and with sword and fire
      Unmercied havoc of the English made1627, Michael Drayton, The Miseries of Queen Margaret, published 1793, page 159

Forms of unmercied

comparativemore unmercied
superlativemost unmercied

Origin of unmercied

From un- + mercy + -ed.

Questions about unmercied

What does unmercied mean?
Unmercied means unmerciful; merciless.
What part of speech is unmercied?
Unmercied is an adjective.

Words near unmercied in the dictionary

  1. unmercenary
  2. unmercerized
  3. unmerchantability
  4. unmerchantable
  5. unmerchantlike
  6. unmercied
  7. unmercies
  8. unmerciful
  9. unmercifully
  10. unmercifulness
  11. unmerciless

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