"unmerciless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unmerciless [comparative], most unmerciless [superlative]
Etymology: un- + merciless (with un- functioning as an intensifier of -less) Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|merciless}} un- + merciless Head templates: {{en-adj}} unmerciless (comparative more unmerciless, superlative most unmerciless)
  1. (obsolete) Utterly merciless. Tags: obsolete

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