how to pronounce merciless

/ˈmɝsələs/

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merciless is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of merciless in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… play it was a merciless satire of …”

meanings of merciless

adjective:

Showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless.

merciless frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word merciless occurs in english on average 1.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics merciless can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that merciless can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;