unmerciful

adjective

ˌən-ˈmər-si-fəl How to pronounce unmerciful (audio)
Definition of unmercifulnext
1
as in excessive
going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount she went into an unmerciful level of detail about her latest health problems

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2
as in ruthless
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings the critics were unmerciful in their assessments of the young actress's performance

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Recent Examples of unmerciful The drought is a source of mockery towards RCB, with opposition fans unmerciful in their scorn towards them and particularly Kohli. — Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025 Yet viewers admire Oz’s aptitude to survive, his unmerciful resolve. — Jason Parham, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2024 His take on Prince Philip is both humanizing and unmerciful, cutting to the bone of a man portrayed in contradictory terms — petulant yet statesmanlike, intensely ambitious yet ineffectual, relatable one minute and contemptible the next. — Will Harris, EW.com, 30 July 2024 In Nazi ideology, descent was destiny—inescapable, unmerciful, and total. — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 20 July 2023 See All Example Sentences for unmerciful
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmerciful
  1. excessive
  2. ruthless
  3. extreme
  4. merciless
  5. insane
  6. stony
  7. steep
  8. extravagant
Adjective
  • Last month, six women interviewed by the Times described concerning behavior by Platner, including excessive drinking, infidelity, and, in one account, physical intimidation.
    — Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Black residents of the city have expressed fear of harassment and concerns about trading high crime for excessive policing.
    — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 6 July 2026
Definition of excessive
Adjective
  • Natural selection is usually ruthless about weeding out traits with no function.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Supergirl builds to a final showdown with Krem of the Yellow Hills, the ruthless Brigands leader who murdered Ruthye’s family and poisoned Krypto early in the film.
    — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
Definition of ruthless
Adjective
  • The National Weather Service said cool air from the north will push the heat dome, responsible for a heat wave that started midweek, south and west in the coming days, relieving some of the most extreme temperatures in the Northeast.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 5 July 2026
  • The laminate reinforces the glass to create a shatter-resistant barrier, preventing shards of glass from flying out during extreme weather.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of extreme
Adjective
  • The poem that precedes it, the Iliad, is a cruel and beautiful work, the ultimate story of war; the Odyssey has its warlike passages, but its central energies seem almost commonplace beside the merciless fury of Achilles.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • Humility is the posture; the standard is merciless.
    — Luis E. Romero, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Definition of merciless
Adjective
  • For example, Fred Again is absolutely doing insane things with the MPC Lives.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 30 June 2026
  • That dwarfs anything the powerhouse Spain teams did in the early 2010s, when the team was known for stringing together an insane number of passes that led to a goal.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 29 June 2026
Definition of insane
Adjective
  • Oscar Wilde, for example, reposes beneath a hulking deity whose iconoclastic castration, back in 1961, did little to restrain pilgrims seeking to smear red lips across his stony physique.
    — Emily Cox, ARTnews.com, 22 May 2026
  • Instead of looking like a sleek urban loft, the room can quickly start to feel cold, stony, and impersonal.
    — Natasha Bazika, Martha Stewart, 9 May 2026
Definition of stony
Adjective
  • That marks a steep decline of 74% from the movie's already-poor $37 million debut, a much bigger drop than is typical for a summer superhero film.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • In the tourney, Zellers had five goals and three assists in five games and made a steep climb up the depth chart.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 5 July 2026
Definition of steep
Adjective
  • There is always a suspension of disbelief required in luxury fashion, as designers use the runway to communicate their most extravagant, pie-in-the-sky vision of what clothes could be.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
  • Davis was known to the world for his extravagant style and lavish Grammy parties.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 29 June 2026
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