unrelieved

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adjective

Utter; complete; without relief.

UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

adjectiveunrelieved (comparative more unrelieved, superlative most unrelieved)

comparative more unrelieved · superlative most unrelieved

  1. Utter; complete; without relief.

    Part of this movement was driven by a growing conviction among African Americans that they faced unrelieved discrimination.

    2020 June 8, Ronald Brownstein, “The partisan chasm over ‘systemic racism’ is on full display”, in CNN
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    Stock is generally well maintained, and the locomotives and railcars are kept scrupulously clean. The former are painted an unrelieved black, and the latter blue and cream, while the coaches are grey.

    1955 May 28, H. P. White, “The Togoland Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 349

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot lessened or diminished

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. Englishrelieved
  9. Englishunrelieved

From un- + relieved.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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