undeviating

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/ʌnˈdiːvieɪtɪŋ/

adjective

That does not deviate, veer or turn aside; unswerving.

Similar
unswervingdirectreliabledependable
OriginEnglish deviating ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveundeviating (comparative more undeviating, superlative most undeviating)

comparative more undeviating · superlative most undeviating

  1. That does not deviate, veer or turn aside; unswerving.
  2. That does not change; steady.

    And she had a yet harder lesson to learn—that nothing can supply the place of strong, undeviating principle.

    1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 123–124

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivegoing directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside

Similar
unswervingdirect

adjectiveused of values and principles; not subject to change; steady

Similar
reliabledependable
Also see
dependablefixedimmutablereliableunswerving

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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. Englishdeviating
  9. Englishundeviating

From un- + deviating.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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