unabated

[uhn-uh-bey-tid]

adjective

1. with undiminished force, power, or vigor.

unabated

/ ˌʌnəˈbeɪtɪd /

adjective

1. without losing any original force or violence; undiminished

Other Word Forms

• unabatedly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of unabated¹

1605–15; un- ¹ + abated ( def. )

Example Sentences

Hundreds to thousands of animal species go extinct every year, according to the World Wildlife Fund, and things are projected to get even worse if climate change continues unabated.

From Los Angeles Times

For years, the county’s juvenile halls have careened from one scandal to the next — a fatal overdose of a teen, an alleged guard-incited “fight club,” an unabating staffing crisis.

From Los Angeles Times

The murder of these children, their faces forever memorialized in Uchytilová’s sculpture, resonates deeply today, as we witness the suffering of children in Gaza, where the cycle of violence continues unabated.

From Salon

Despite the Jones settlement and ending Safer Cities, arrests continued unabated.

From Los Angeles Times

Attorneys Brad Gage and Ben Crump filed the suit in 2021, and followed up with another last year, which argues racial profiling by the department continued unabated.

From Los Angeles Times

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