unmercied

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adjective

unmerciful; merciless

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Meanings

adjectiveunmercied (comparative more unmercied, superlative most unmercied)

comparative more unmercied · superlative most unmercied

  1. obsoleteunmerciful; merciless

    Out fly the Irish, and with sword and fire Unmercied havoc of the English made

    1627, Michael Drayton, The Miseries of Queen Margaret, published 1793, page 159

Origin

From un- + mercy + -ed.

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APA

unmercied. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmercied

MLA

“unmercied.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmercied. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unmercied,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmercied.

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