Meanings
- not comparableIncapable of being tired; never tiring.
1965, Thom Gunn, “Misanthropos” IX (retitled as “Memoirs of the World” in Poems 1950-1966: A Selection, London: Faber & Faber, 1969, p. 41, […] I laboured to become a god of charm, an untirable giver.
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A most incomparable man, breathed, as it were, To an untirable and continuate goodness […]
c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]The Germans […] plod on from day to day, and year to year—the most patient, untirable, and persevering of animals.
1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, London: John W. Parker, Volume I, Book II, Chapter 6, §4, pp. 313-314Synonyms: tireless
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveIncapable of being tired; never tiring.
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Spanish incansable
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