relieve
verb (used with object)
to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
unrelieved
-
a word derived from
relieve.
Example Sentences
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But their unrelieved brightness and utter lack of texture have the bland flatness of plastic, and render them lifeless.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Michieletto’s “Samson et Dalila” staging was scheduled for New York in 2018 but was scrapped when Met general manager Peter Gelb concluded it was “somewhat unrelieved in its bleakness.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
Acts of unbroken earnestness, like those of unrelieved wickedness, are dull to watch and boring to talk about.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
“It feels as if we may start to see unexpected grace and resourcefulness and pluck, rather than unrelieved cynicism and self-dealing.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
The Soundkeeper looked around with an expression of unrelieved sadness on her unhappy face.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
