unmercifulness
IPA: ʌnmˈɝsɪfʌɫnʌs
noun
- The state or condition of being unmerciful.
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Examples of "unmercifulness" in Sentences
- There is an element of unmercifulness in the candour of La
- How can you preach against unmercifulness, while you are so unmerciful?
- The unmercifulness of Christian people is a worse sin than many a deed that goes by very ugly names amongst men.
- For the first time he felt, rid of all disguise, the unmercifulness which was imminent in this or that transgression of his.
- [252] Warnings against unmercifulness, and censures of this temper, must have begun, of course, at quite an early period; see the epistle of James
- What awful woe of sudden unprotectedness when life exists only through protection -- what piteous panic in the midst of black unmercifulness, inarticulate sound howsoever wildly shrill can neither explain nor express.
- The difficulty was, as Henry had found at Harfleur, Rouen, and many other places, to enforce forbearance on his soldiery, who regarded plunder as their lawful prey, the enemy as their natural game, and the trouble a city had given them as a cause for unmercifulness.
- In times past men were full of pity and compassion, but now there is no pity; for in London their brother shall die in the streets for cold, he shall lie sick at the door between stock and stock, I cannot tell what to call it, and perish there for hunger: was there ever more unmercifulness in Nebo?
- After speaking in a general manner of Christian duties that are left undone by those who are precise about certain theological points, he spoke plainly of the injustice and unmercifulness of slavery, and besought Christians to be careful how they upheld it in any manner, lest they be condemned by the words of the text.
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