Meanings
comparative more unremitting · superlative most unremitting
- Incessant; never slackening.
1961: J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato. In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 467. We can achieve this god‐likeness only by unremitting and strenuous effort of the intellect.
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These thoughts supported my spirits, while I pursued my undertaking with unremitting ardour.
1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 4, in Frankenstein, archived from the original on 30 Oct 2011The human life span will be extended to 200 years, but the last 150 will be spent in unremitting pain and sadness.
2004, George Carlin, “IN THE FUTURE”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 93In fact, eighteenth-century British erotica has been the subject of unremitting attention for the last two decades.
2011, Patrick Spedding, James Lambert, “Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny, and the Myth of Metonymy”, in Studies in Philology, volume 108, number 1, page 114"To meet the ambitions set-out by the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, we need to have an unremitting focus upon sustainable delivery, innovation and collaboration. [...]."
2021 July 14, Stefanie Foster, “Network News: Porterbrook takes over Long Marston rail site”, in RAIL, number 935, page 28
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveuninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinremittere“to send, send back”
- Middle Englishremitten
- Englishunremitting
From un- + remitting, from remit (in now rare sense of “diminish, abate”), from Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere (“to send, send back”). Compare Old French remettre, remetre, remitter. Not from nonexistent unremit. First attested in 1728.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian неотслабващ, ненамаляващ
- неотслабващ (neotslabvašt)incessant
- ненамаляващ (nenamaljavašt)incessant
Catalan incessant
- incessantincessant
Czech nepřetržitý
- nepřetržitýincessant
French inlassable
- inlassableincessant
German unablässig
- unablässigincessant
Italian incessante
- incessanteincessant
Latin assiduus
- assiduusincessant
Polish nieustanny
- nieustannyincessant
Portuguese contínuo, incessante
- contínuoincessant
- incessanteincessant
- persistenteincessant
- irremitenteincessant
Romanian neîncetat, încontinuu
- neîncetatincessant
- încontinuuincessant
Russian неосла́бный, беспреста́нный
- неосла́бный (neoslábnyj)incessant
- беспреста́нный (besprestánnyj)incessant
Rhymes & wordplay
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