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unmerciful

[uhn-mur-si-fuhl] / ʌnˈmɜr sɪ fəl /


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On a bleak night, there was a moment of dark comedy when Brendan Rodgers sat down to assess the unmerciful hiding that had just been inflicted on his team.

From BBC Oct. 1, 2024

In March, Manchin told the Bluefield Daily Telegraph that the 4th Circuit "has been unmerciful on allowing any progress" by Mountain Valley Pipeline.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2022

Doing stand-up, Leggero is observational and unmerciful, lampooning everyone from Rite-Aid cashiers to typewriter-toting hipsters, a dumpster-diving Burning Man attendee named “Flapjack,” and, naturally, Kasher.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 28, 2022

In a sports town that can be unmerciful in its vitriol, Simmons, traded from Philadelphia to Brooklyn last month, fist-bumped his new teammate Kevin Durant.

From Washington Post Mar. 11, 2022

Big Ma said we would cause her slow and unmerciful death, but we knew she didn’t mean it.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia




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