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indefatigable

[ in-di-fat-i-guh-buhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
Synonyms: persevering, inexhaustible, tireless

indefatigable

/ ˌɪndɪˈfætɪɡəbəl /

1580–90; < Latin indēfatīgābilis untiring, equivalent to in- in- ³ + dēfatīgā ( re ) to tire out ( de-, fatigue ) + -bilis -ble

C16: from Latin indēfatīgābilis, from in- ¹+ dēfatīgāre, from fatīgāre to tire

“She would be my ‘boss lady,’” Crowe writes of the indefatigable Anne Marie.

Perhaps even the indefatigable John Kerry might be discouraged from more futile and dispiriting peace talks.

The exuberant, indefatigable Democrat from Oregon and the dour, taciturn Republican from New Hampshire made an odd couple.

Richard Ben Cramer explores the abduction of Olympic athlete Kari Swenson and the indefatigable sheriff who hunted her abductor.

Indefatigable in those two roles, he hankered after others, as well.

His labors were indefatigable, and his works possess great merit.

There was a successful fishing that year, and Jacob Worse was indefatigable and in high spirits.

Nothing is more remarkable than the sustained application and indefatigable will which they bring to bear on their studies.

She heard unpleasant stories touching him through Sylvana, her nurse, an indefatigable gossip-monger.

The experiments which the indefatigable seeker had undertaken on atmospheric electricity interested her as much as they did him.

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