unbreaking

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adjective

That does not break; unbreakable or unbroken.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

unbreaking1

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of unbreak

unbreaking2

adjectiveunbreaking (comparative more unbreaking, superlative most unbreaking)

comparative more unbreaking · superlative most unbreaking

  1. That does not break; unbreakable or unbroken.

    The river snaked through the forest, and they travelled on hour after hour, through an unbreaking monotony of green.

    2014, William King, Ocean of Fear: Book Six of the Kormak Saga
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    Their sorry tragedy is cleared away from the universe, and at the end comes in that strange consciousness of the unbreaking perpetual stream of life which makes every tragedy bearable.

    1869, Historical Sketches of the Reign of George Second

    At evening, another meal and catheter emptying followed by more television watching until “lights out.” Each new day was a boring and monotonous extension of the previous day—eat, watch TV, sleep—in an unbreaking, sickening cycle.

    2010, Joni Eareckson Tada, Joni: An Unforgettable Story

Origin

unbreaking · adjective

From un- + breaking.

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APA

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Chicago

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