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单词 unpitifulness
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unpitifulnessn.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpɪtɪf(ᵿ)lnəs/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɪdɪfəlnəs/
Forms: see unpitiful adj. and -ness suffix
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unpitiful adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < unpitiful adj. + -ness suffix Compare pitifulness n.
Lack of pity; pitilessness; harshness.
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the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [noun]
unpiteousnessc1400
unruthc1425
unpity1447
inhumanity1477
unpitifulness1526
incompassionateness1621
incompassion1627
pitilessness1682
ruthlessness1777
dispiteousness1861
uncompassionateness1862
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. FFiii Periury, vnquyetnesse, obduracion or vnpitefulnes.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xviii. sig. Ss8v The vnpitifulnes of his owne neere-threatning death.
1679 G. Rose tr. P. Boaistuau Theatre of World ii. 332 [The] unpitifulness of one violent Creature against another.
?1786 W. Huntington Naked Bow of God 16 He spake much of our pity to our fellow-creatures..but of our unpitifulness to Christ.
1877 London Reader 20 Jan. 285/1 The unpitifulness of nature was a positive wrong.
1882 S. A. Brooke Sermons 2 July 5 Those words were spoken to men who were sinning by injustice and unpitifulness against true human nature.
1906 E. T. Thurston Traffic v. 50 Looking on into life with that clearer vision which only women possess, she dreaded its possibilities; shrank from its unpitifulness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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