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# merciless

«merciless» in Mova's school dictionary: **Having no pity; cruel and not willing to spare anyone** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (merciless, more merciless, most merciless)

### meaning for a pupil

Having no pity; cruel and not willing to spare anyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merciless/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

A cruel stepmother or giant who shows no kindness to the hero or heroine.

### examples

- The giant was merciless and ate every bird. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merciless/#x1)
- She was merciless to her stepdaughter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merciless/#x2)
- The sun was merciless in the desert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merciless/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «merciless» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merciless/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.