unceasing

[uhn-see-sing]

adjective

1. not ceasing or stopping; continuous.

   an unceasing flow of criticism.

unceasing

/ ʌnˈsiːsɪŋ /

adjective

1. not ceasing or ending

Other Word Forms

• unceasingly adverb
• unceasingness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unceasing¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English uncesynge; un- ¹, cease, -ing ²

Example Sentences

In a much-anticipated match that drew over 70,000 spectators to the home of the Dallas Cowboys on Friday, the only clear winner was the unceasing march of time.

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Katz helped Rose through two divorces, an uncontested paternity suit filed by a woman claiming to have been his mistress, government liens, tax troubles and his unceasing clamor for reinstatement.

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Amid the Metropolitan Police’s many failures, Stephen’s murder has never been fully solved and the 31 years since have been stolen, too, from his family, whose campaign for justice has been unceasing.

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“If Kamala Harris wins, terrorist armies will wage an unceasing war to drive Jews out of the Holy Land. ... Israel will no longer exist.”

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This is loud and turbulent and fraught with unending drama and unceasing peril.

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Related Words

• ceaseless 
• continual 
• continuous 
• endless 
• eternal 
• never-ending 
• perpetual 
• persistent 
• relentless 
• unending 
• uninterrupted 
• unyielding