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unmerciless

unmerciless adjective: utterly merciless.

Adjective

unmerciless (comparative more unmerciless, superlative most unmerciless)

  1. (obsolete) Utterly merciless.
    • Now ye see[…]their deceites, vnmerciles murther, and ingratitude.1545, George Joye, The exposicion of Daniel the Prophete […]

Forms of unmerciless

comparativemore unmerciless
superlativemost unmerciless

Origin of unmerciless

From un- + merciless (with un- functioning as an intensifier of -less).

Questions about unmerciless

What does unmerciless mean?
Unmerciless means utterly merciless.
What part of speech is unmerciless?
Unmerciless is an adjective.

Words near unmerciless in the dictionary

  1. unmercied
  2. unmercies
  3. unmerciful
  4. unmercifully
  5. unmercifulness
  6. unmerciless
  7. unmercurial
  8. unmercy
  9. unmeretricious
  10. unmerge
  11. unmergeability

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