unabated

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/ʌn.əˈbeɪ.tɪd/British, Southern, Standard/ʌnəˈbɛjtɪd/

adjective

Continuing at full strength or intensity.

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Meanings

adjectiveunabated (comparative more unabated, superlative most unabated)

comparative more unabated · superlative most unabated

  1. Continuing at full strength or intensity.

    In this period, road building continued unabated, but change was in the wind as the UK government recognised it had to make more use of the rail network and increase investment on a scale that it could not afford, and which would require private sector participation.

    2023 March 22, 'Industry Insider', “Restoring Your Railway”, in RAIL, number 979, page 68
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    More than 100 countries already support a phase-out of “unabated” fossil fuels – those where the resultant emissions are not captured – and whether the final Cop28 agreement calls for this or uses weaker language such as “phase-down” is one of the most fiercely fought issues at the summit.

    2023 December 4, Damian Carrington, “Cop28 president forced into defence of fossil fuel phase-out claims”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecontinuing at full strength or intensity

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishabated
  9. Englishunabated

From un- + abated.

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Translations

Bulgarian неотслабващ
  • неотслабващ (neotslabvašt)continuing at full strength
Dutch onverminderd
  • onverminderdcontinuing at full strength
Finnish heikentymätön, laantumaton
  • heikentymätöncontinuing at full strength
  • laantumatoncontinuing at full strength
  • hellittämätöncontinuing at full strength
German ungebrochen, unvermindert
  • ungebrochencontinuing at full strength
  • unvermindertcontinuing at full strength
Greek ακαταλάγιαστος
  • ακαταλάγιαστος (akatalágiastos)continuing at full strength
Polish niesłabnący
  • niesłabnącycontinuing at full strength

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Cite this entry
APA

unabated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unabated

MLA

“unabated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unabated. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unabated,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unabated.

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