Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being merciless; want of mercy or pity.
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- noun The property of being
merciless .
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- noun feelings of extreme heartlessness
- noun inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving
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Examples
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Reply Obj. 3: Cruelty is there taken for mercilessness, which is lack of beneficence.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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His ethics had been compressed into a fierce loyalty to friends and a mercilessness towards those who betrayed him.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Yes, his grandfather was a Muslim, but he converted because Islam better reflected his mercilessness.
Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011
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Yes, his grandfather was a Muslim, but he converted because Islam better reflected his mercilessness.
Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011
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He was both a hero (in the war with the Harvang) and monster (due to his mercilessness) and Ford's prose, which is delivered swiftly and with confidence, makes it one to remember.
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No humans perished in the blaze as the authorities stood idly by, but the firemen's mercilessness took on an added dimension when it was learned that the family's three dogs and cat died in the inferno.
Edward Flattau: Compassion Edward Flattau 2010
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No humans perished in the blaze as the authorities stood idly by, but the firemen's mercilessness took on an added dimension when it was learned that the family's three dogs and cat died in the inferno.
Edward Flattau: Compassion Edward Flattau 2010
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His ethics had been compressed into a fierce loyalty to friends and a mercilessness towards those who betrayed him.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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No humans perished in the blaze as the authorities stood idly by, but the firemen's mercilessness took on an added dimension when it was learned that the family's three dogs and cat died in the inferno.
Edward Flattau: Compassion Edward Flattau 2010
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His ethics had been compressed into a fierce loyalty to friends and a mercilessness towards those who betrayed him.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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