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unmerciful

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un⋅mer⋅ci⋅ful

  [uhn-mur-si-fuhl]
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–adjective
1. merciless; relentless; severe; cruel; pitiless.
2. unsparingly great, extreme, or excessive, as amounts: to talk for an unmerciful length of time.
Origin:
1475–85; un- 1 + merciful

Related forms:
un⋅mer⋅ci⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
un⋅mer⋅ci⋅ful⋅ness, noun
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un·mer·ci·ful   (ŭn-mûr'sĭ-fəl)   
adj.  

  1. Having or exhibiting no mercy; merciless.

  2. Exceeding a normal or reasonable limit; excessive: unmerciful heat.

un·mer'ci·ful·ly adv., un·mer'ci·ful·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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