Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Never slackening; persistent.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not abating; not relaxing for a time; incessant; continued: as, unremitting exertions.
Wiktionary
- adj. incessant; never slackening
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Not remitting; incessant; continued; persevering.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
Examples
“The inconsiderate facility with which she had wandered about with a person so little known to her, so underbred, and so forward, appeared now to herself inexcusable; and she determined, if but spared this dreadful punishment, to pass the whole of her future life in unremitting caution.”
“I’m all for liberal immigration policies, but might it lend itself to the problem of neighbor nations living in unremitting and grinding poverty by taking pressure off of those governments? soullite says:”
“She recalled the unremitting care which she had had to give Miss Wickham, and pictured Gertie's grudging ministrations at her sick-bed.”
“And proliferation, another crisis, is now upon us, but neither the United States nor the Soviet Union is willing to give up an iota of Power in the "unremitting" efforts to get a treaty.”
“It was important to send an "unremitting" message after 9/11 to regimes engaged in producing WMDS -”
“In his keynote speech to the Lib Dems 'spring conference in Harrogate, Mr Cable said the coming months would bring further "unremitting" misery, with factory closures, job losses and home repossessions.”
“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.”
“They've thrown around a lot of rhetoric, and meanwhile, they've used unremitting violence against innocent civilians, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said.”
“But although Rufus had four really good days (prompting hope) over the next four weeks, the descent was essentially unremitting.”
Pet Talk: Memories are tribute to my beloved, departed dog Rufus
“China thanked both Sudan and South Sudan, as well as related parties such as the ICRC, for "the unremitting efforts" that made their safe passage possible, Xinhua said.”
The Wall Street Journal: Sudanese Rebels Free 29 Chinese Hostages
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common UA vocab. in US
Interesting, there is a traditional vocabulary of an Ukrainian, that differs from vocabulary of average American. It would be nice to explore it.
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Mike Doughty/Soul Coughing
Words and phrases from his lyrics.
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