relentless
Americanadjective
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(of an enemy, hostile attitude, etc) implacable; inflexible; inexorable
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(of pace or intensity) sustained; unremitting
Related Words
See inflexible.
Other Word Forms
- relentlessly adverb
- relentlessness noun
Etymology
Origin of relentless
Example Sentences
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Slaughter called it a "shocking admission", while Irranca Davies said the priorities didn't mean that there was not "relentless focus" on education standards.
From BBC
“Firestorm,” the first book about the Great Los Angeles Fires of 2025, pulls readers inside Soboroff’s reporter’s notebook and the nearly two relentless weeks he spent covering the Palisades and subsequent Eaton wildfire.
From Los Angeles Times
Big businesses, especially in the defence and aerospace sector, but also French luxury goods firms, are increasingly keen to hire the students as they face relentless cybersecurity and spying threats as well as sabotage.
From BBC
Their despair is compounded by having to cancel holidays due to the pressure of a relentless conveyor belt of cases.
From BBC
Australia's bowlers have been relentless for much of the series, and this was a day when their accuracy finally deserted them.
From BBC
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