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unremitting

adjective
un·​re·​mit·​ting | \ ˌən-ri-ˈmi-tiÅ‹ How to pronounce unremitting (audio) \

Definition of unremitting

: not remitting : constant, incessant unremitting pain

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Other Words from unremitting

unremittingly \ ˌən-​ri-​ˈmi-​tiÅ‹-​lÄ“ How to pronounce unremittingly (audio) \ adverb

Examples of unremitting in a Sentence

She was recognized for her unremitting efforts to improve the lives of people in her city. unremitting rain that lasted for six days

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The way Moratto captures Socrates’ unremitting woes with an extraordinary sense of place marks the essence of this affecting and necessary debut. Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, "Review: ‘Socrates’ reveals the struggle of a gay teen in the slums of Brazil," 8 Aug. 2019 And as those factors have proved unremitting, so the decline has continued. The Economist, "What the mighty Dolphins say about America," 1 Aug. 2019 Perkins is a big man with a calm voice, always ready to stoke a controversy, with special emphasis on sullying the Warriors’ half-decade of unremitting success. Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, "Warriors coach Steve Kerr sidesteps Kendrick Perkins’ fractured logic, Twitterati pile on," 31 July 2019 But moments of peace and satisfaction are few: the narrative as a whole proves an unremitting saga of physical struggle and bruising misfortune. Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, "‘Our Bodies Were Born into Hard Labor’," 21 Feb. 2019 The pain is so unbearable at times, so unremitting. Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, "10 Reasons You Will Be Obsessed With Beanie Feldstein If You Aren't Already," 7 May 2019 But so many others are possessed of a dreadful, unremarked upon sameness, and an unremitting nobility that can leave this reader feeling a bit mutinous. Parul Sehgal, New York Times, "What the Living Can Learn by Looking Death Straight in the Eye," 26 June 2018 The film would have been richer if McKay didn’t highlight José and his teammates as such unremitting good guys. Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, "5 movies you should see this month," 29 June 2018 The cascade of flickering, sometimes unreadable images is so unremitting, despite long stretches of an utterly blank screen, as to be nearly ungraspable. New York Times, "In ‘The Color of Pomegranates,’ the Cinema of the Cryptic," 24 May 2018

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First Known Use of unremitting

1670, in the meaning defined above

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More Definitions for unremitting

unremitting

adjective

English Language Learners Definition of unremitting

formal : not stopping or growing weaker

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