undeterred
adjective
un·de·terred
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Definition of undeterred
: not discouraged or prevented from acting : not deterred
a politician undeterred by criticism So far, Dallas, San Antonio and El Paso have rejected his offer … But Pickens, ever the wheeler-dealer, is undeterred.— Karen Breslau
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Madrid were undeterred though, as goals from Toni Kroos and Lucas Vazquez ensured Iker Losada's late consolation mattered little. — SI.com, "Real Madrid End 818-Day Hoodoo in La Liga With 3-1 Win Over Celta Vigo," 18 Aug. 2019 While critics were hard on her later novels, arguing that her writing had become overwrought and her plots too tangled, Morrison was undeterred. — Thomas Curwenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, "Toni Morrison dead at 88: ‘Beloved’ author captured tragic and joyful complexion of life and race," 6 Aug. 2019 The Toffees have had one £55m bid rejected, but Everton appear undeterred in their efforts to bring him to Goodison Park - with a rumoured second bid involving Palace target James McCarthy and Cenk Tosun doing the media rounds last week. — SI.com, "Everton to Reopen Wilfried Zaha Talks With Crystal Palace Over Players-Plus-Cash Deal Worth £100m," 6 Aug. 2019 Despite losing a legal fight in 2015, proponents of draining are undeterred, Gregory Thomas reports. — Taylor Kate Brown, SFChronicle.com, "Bay Briefing: Say goodbye to plastic water bottles at SFO," 2 Aug. 2019 That's when organizers, undeterred, took their case to Vernon, a town of just over 5,000 people in Oneida County in upstate New York. — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, "Woodstock 50: How the golden anniversary festival went off track," 20 July 2019 Area 51, as the facility is commonly known, has been the focus of conspiracy theories for decades, and a small but undeterred part of the population thinks it's where the government stores secret information about aliens and UFOs. — Leah Asmelash And Nadeem Muaddi, CNN, "These 6 memes illustrate why storming area 51 is a terrible idea," 13 July 2019 But most drivers were undeterred - getting stuck in the mud only creates an incentive to try, try, again. — Annie Gentile, courant.com, "Mud Bog Event Draws Hundreds," 26 June 2019 Yet despite the obvious failure of the Mueller hearings, some pro-impeachment Democrats are undeterred. — Marc A. Thiessen, The Mercury News, "Thiessen: Mueller’s testimony is good news for Trump and Pelosi," 25 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'undeterred.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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undeterred
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of undeterred
: not discouraged or stopped by problems, criticism, etc.
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