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English
Etymology
From Middle English unmerciful, unmercifull; equivalent to un- + merciful.
Pronunciation
Adjective
unmerciful (comparative more unmerciful, superlative most unmerciful)
- not showing mercy
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Further reading
- “unmerciful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “unmerciful”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “unmerciful”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.