Unremitting
[ʌnrɪ'mɪtɪŋ] or [,ʌnrɪ'mɪtɪŋ]
Definition
(a.) Not remitting; incessant; continued; persevering; as, unremitting exertions.
Checker: Wayne
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unceasing, continual, persevering, constant, unabated, incessant.
Editor: Tamara
Definition
adj. not remitting or relaxing: continued: incessant.—adj. Unremit′ted not remitted or forgiven: without remission.—advs. Unremit′tedly; Unremit′tingly.—n. Unremit′tingness.
Checker: Marty
Examples
- The pressure that comes from the fact that one is let into the group action by acting in one way and shut out by acting in another way is unremitting. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- They are men of remarkable balance, and it was their quality of unremitting care that made them the wonder of Europe, used above all things else to the dramatic in men’s flights through air. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- With unremitting zeal he had worked to beautify the interior of the cabin. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- These thoughts supported my spirits, while I pursued my undertaking with unremitting ardour. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- His tenderness and attentions were unremitting; my grief and gloom was obstinate, but he would not despair. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- However, they brought her through it by unremitting and affectionate attention; and we were married yesterday six weeks. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Quiet and peaceable in his disposition, he hoped, by unremitting diligence, to avert from himself at least a portion of the evils of his condition. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But I was in reality very ill; and surely nothing but the unbounded and unremitting attentions of my friend could have restored me to life. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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