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unremorseless

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Utterly remorseless.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, rare

Examples

  • 1836-40, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, The Clockmaker We are not free; we are slaves: one half of us is tyrants,—unremorseless, onfeelin', overbearin' tyrants, and vile usurpers; and the other half slaves [...]

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + remorseless (un- functions as an intensifier).