unpity

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noun

The lack or absence of pity; pitilessness; ruthlessness.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

noununpity (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe lack or absence of pity; pitilessness; ruthlessness.

    Destroy, with entire unpity, raze to the ground, those detestable houses where you billet the progeny of the libertinage of the poor, appalling cloacas, wherefrom there every day spews forth into society a swarm of new-made creatures […]

    1965, Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and other Writings

Origin

From un- (“lack or absence of”) + pity.

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APA

unpity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpity

MLA

“unpity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpity.

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