unruth

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noun

A lack of ruth; mercilessness, pitilessness.

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Meanings

noununruth (uncountable)
  1. archaicpoeticuncountableA lack of ruth; mercilessness, pitilessness.

    Whereat in a moment of cross unruth / He thought, "All right if you want the truth!"

    1942, Robert Frost, “The Discovery Of The Madeiras”, in A Witness Tree

Origin

From un- + ruth (“pity, compassion, mercy”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

unhurt
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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