Unrelieved
adj
adj ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Utter; complete; without relief.
"Stock is generally well maintained, and the locomotives and railcars are kept scrupulously clean. The former are painted an unrelieved black, and the latter blue and cream, while the coaches are grey."
Adjective
- 1 not lessened or diminished wordnet
Example
More examples"It was a dark night, unrelieved save by the phosphor gleam of the seas around the vessel, and the light of the two lanterns hung up in the fore and mizzen rigging."
Etymology
From un- + relieved.
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