unmerciful
English
Etymology
From Middle English unmerciful, unmercifull; equivalent to un- + merciful.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ʌnˈmɝsɪfl̩/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʌnˈmɜːsɪfl̩/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: un‧mer‧ci‧ful
Adjective
unmerciful (comparative more unmerciful, superlative most unmerciful)
- not showing mercy
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Translations
merciless — see merciless
See also
Further reading
- “unmerciful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “unmerciful”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “unmerciful”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.