unpityingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpɪtɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɪdiɪŋ/ Not feeling or showing pity; unstintingly harsh.
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the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [adjective]
ruthlessc1330
unpiteousa1393
pitilessa1450
unpitifulc1449
unbowelled1592
unpitying1597
brassy1600
tearless1603
incompassionate1611
heartbound1614
uncompassionatea1616
illachrymable1623
compassionless1625
bowelless1649
incomplexionate1660
uncompassionatinga1711
dispiteous1803
pulseless1820
inhumane1822
impiteous1877
1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 13 As though thy hard vnpittying hand had sent mee, Some newe deuised torture to torment mee.
1648 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple (ed. 2) 6 So sigh tormented sweets, opprest With proud unpittying fire.
1700 J. Hopkins Amasia II. 104 Off'ring their latest Pray'rs, to Heav'n they sue, Kneel to unpitying Pow'rs, as I to you.
1796 M. Robinson Angelina I. 59 Instances..where the purest sentiments have been contaminated..by sordid and unpitying parents!
1812 M. R. Mitford Let. 28 Jan. in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. vi. 173 All these evils fall with an unpitying hand on the devoted heads of their correspondents.
1846 A. Marsh Father Darcy II. i. 25 The proud, haughty, unpitying expression to be read there.
1902 T. Hardy Poems Past & Present 240 He turns—unpitying, passion-tossed; ‘I know you not!’ he cries.
1983 Texas Monthly Oct. 192/3 Included in the book are equally bald-faced and unpitying explanations of Rumbaugh's criminality.
2011 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 7 Oct. 34 The sheer unpitying ruthlessness of writers who get the scent of a good story.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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