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unpity en · NOUN

Etymology

From un- (“lack or absence of”) + pity.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The lack or absence of pity; pitilessness; ruthlessness.
    • Destroy, with entire unpity, raze to the ground, those detestable houses where you billet the progeny of the libertinage of the poor, appalling cloacas, wherefrom there every day spews forth into society a swarm of new-made creatures […] 1965, Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and other Writings: