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Meanings of unmercifulness in English

Inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving.

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      Examples for "mercilessness"
      Examples for "mercilessness"
      1
      The mottoes on the banners attacked with impartial mercilessness both Democrats and Republicans.
      Jailed for Freedom
      2
      The vile cruelty, the loathsome, unspeakable, dastardly mercilessness of the world.
      Flames
      3
      But the full mercilessness of the migrant dilemma is confronted here to devastating effect.
      The Guardian
      4
      The girl was appalled by the mercilessness of a destiny that had so outraged right.
      Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
      5
      There was a glint of mercilessness in his eyes.
      The Keeper of the Door
      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