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bateless

adjective

Not to be abated or subdued; impossible to blunt, curtail, or reduce to anything other than full strength or intensity.

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immutable relentless

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Meanings

adjectivebateless (comparative more bateless, superlative most bateless)

comparative more bateless · superlative most bateless

obsoleteNot to be abated or subdued; impossible to blunt, curtail, or reduce to anything other than full strength or intensity.
Haply the name of chaste unhapp'ly set / This bateless edge on his keen appetite,
1594, William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece, lines 8–9
Synonyms: immutable, relentless

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot to be abated or subdued; impossible to blunt, curtail, or reduce to anything other than full strength or intensity.

Similar

immutable relentless

Also see

fixed immutable relentless

Origin

From bate + -less.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

betassel beatless

Cite this entry

APA

bateless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bateless

MLA

“bateless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bateless. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bateless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bateless.

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