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Incessant

//ɪnˈsɛs.ənt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.

    "The dog's incessant barking kept the girl awake all night."

Adjective
  1. 1
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing wordnet

Etymology

From Late Middle English incessaunte, from Late Latin incessāns, incessantem, from Latin in- + cessāns.

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