Unremitting

//ˌʌnɹɪˈmɪtɪŋ// adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Incessant; never slackening.

    "These thoughts supported my spirits, while I pursued my undertaking with unremitting ardour."

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

Synonyms

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abidingagelessardentarticulatedassiduouscatenated

Antonyms

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fitful

Example

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"The unremitting noise was too much."

Etymology

un- + remitting, from remit (in now rare sense of “diminish, abate”), from Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere (“to send, send back”). Compare Old French remettre, remetre, remitter. Not from nonexistent unremit. First attested in 1728.

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