unceasing

[ uhn-see-sing ]
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adjective
  1. not ceasing or stopping; continuous: an unceasing flow of criticism.

Origin of unceasing

1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English uncesynge; see un-1, cease, -ing2

Other words from unceasing

  • un·ceas·ing·ly, adverb
  • un·ceas·ing·ness, noun

Words Nearby unceasing

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How to use unceasing in a sentence

  • To the NRA, though, the point is that vigilance has to be unceasing and eternal.

    The Strangest NRA Story Yet | Michael Tomasky | February 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • He could start this week by telling Republicans, hey, gang, let's drop the unceasing obstinacy.

    Tomorrow's Obama-Romney Lunch | Michael Tomasky | November 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • And now there was added to this devotion an element of indefinable anxiety which made its vigilance unceasing.

    Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
  • He had determined to end the unceasing struggle between himself and Bernadotte.

    Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
  • The unceasing denunciations of her father gave additional impulse to every such suggestion.

  • The town was alive with stir and business, mixed up with religion, to the unceasing astonishment of the old merchant.

    Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange Kielland
  • Besides, there was the ever unceasing grizzly spectre of poverty dangling before Jessie's eyes.

    The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. White

British Dictionary definitions for unceasing

unceasing

/ (ʌnˈsiːsɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. not ceasing or ending

Derived forms of unceasing

  • unceasingly, adverb
  • unceasingness, noun

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