What is the meaning of unforgiving?

adjective

  • Unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy.
    • usage: "a surly unforgiving old woman"
  • Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty.
    • usage: "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"
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APAWordNet. (2010). unforgiving. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/unforgiving/definitions/1186649
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