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Meanings of unmercifulness in English

Inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving.

      Usage of unmercifulness in English
      1
      There is an element of unmercifulness in the candour of La Rochefoucauld which is distressing to sentimentalists.
      Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France
      2
      The unmercifulness of Christian people is a worse sin than many a deed that goes by very ugly names amongst men.
      Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII
      3
      For the first time he felt, rid of all disguise, the unmercifulness which was imminent in this or that transgression of his.
      Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 02
      Unmercifulness through the time