Meaning & use
merciless
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Showing no mercy or compassion; cruel and pitiless.
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The merciless heat made the desert crossing nearly unbearable.
Critics were merciless in their reviews of the film.
A note on using this word
Merciless can describe people, but it's also frequently applied to non-human forces like weather, competition, or time.
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