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merciless

adj
/ˈmɜːsɪləs/UK/ˈmɝsɪləs/US

Etymology

From Middle English merciles, mercyles, equivalent to mercy + -less.

  1. inherited from merciles

Definitions

  1. Showing no mercy

    Showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless.

    • The sun is merciless today, so please take care of yourself.
    • But the ruthless cleaning up of those streets and merciless treatment of gang members have triggered outrage and concern among human rights organizations, which have condemned Cecot as inhumane and unacceptable.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at merciless. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at merciless. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at merciless

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA