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UNMERCIFULNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unmercifulness mean?
• UNMERCIFULNESS (noun)
The noun UNMERCIFULNESS has 1 sense:
1. inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving
Familiarity information: UNMERCIFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
mercilessness; unmercifulness
Hypernyms ("unmercifulness" is a kind of...):
inhumaneness; inhumanity (the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unmercifulness"):
pitilessness; ruthlessness (mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity)
inexorability; inexorableness; relentlessness (mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up)
Derivation:
unmerciful (having or showing no mercy)
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