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ceaseless

[ sees-lis ]

adjective

  1. without stop or pause; unending; incessant.

    Synonyms: unceasing, constant, continuous, endless



ceaseless

/ ˈsiːslɪs /

adjective

  1. without stop or pause; incessant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈceaselessly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • ceaseless·ly adverb
  • ceaseless·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ceaseless1

First recorded in 1580–90; cease + -less
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Example Sentences

Like the record-breaking heat waves and the ceaseless mega-fires, the decline of the Colorado River has been faster than expected.

Such a catastrophe would not have surprised the global circle of scientists who monitor the bacterial world’s ceaseless struggle against the antibiotics we use to contain it.

The news coverage was ceaseless and all-caps — in format and tone.

It was as if experiencing the ceaseless changing and rhythmic cycles of the natural world helped me realize the changeable nature of my own body.

Both of them are little bundles of seemingly ceaseless energy.

The work is ceaseless and routine to the point of tedium—and almost half of primary-care physicians are burnt out.

So what should one do about this ceaseless propaganda campaign against Venezuela?

The GOP had to abandon the ceaseless pursuit of the last white guy in Mississippi at the expense of alienating the mainstream.

Once I turned on my recorder, Schwarzenegger was off on a ceaseless monologue, touting his book like a sideshow barker.

Before he faced Lettice, he must forget a moment—forget his fears, his hopes, his ceaseless torment of belief and doubt.

I lay against a corner of the stockade seat, listening to the wind whispering and to the ceaseless drip-drip of the trees.

Thus it may well come about that our coast lines are swaying up and down in ceaseless variation.

There was a ceaseless chorus of distant machinery, and above it rose the grinding and rattling solo of a steam winch.

Nature is in ceaseless progress, the universe is a perpetual growth, ascent is the supreme law.

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