unremittent

American  

[uhn-ri-mit-nt] / ˌʌn rɪˈmɪt nt /

adjective

1. (especially of a fever) unremitting.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• unremittently
  adverb
• unremittence
  noun
• unremittency
  noun

Etymology

Origin of unremittent

First recorded in 1870–75; un- ¹ + remittent

Example Sentences

For such a man enthusiasm for his work is unfailing and industry unremittent.

From Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, a contribution to the psychology of business by Scott, Walter Dill

With the beginning of August, the heat grew oppressive; all day long, the sun beat, fierce and unremittent, on this city of the plains, and the baked pavements were warm to the feet.

From Maurice Guest by Richardson, Henry Handel

I've come back to Overton, the land of the dig and the home of the sage, to show what four years of unremittent toil have done for me.

From Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]

It is hard work to knit again a shattered line under the unremittent assault of hardened veterans, such as Nelson's Mediterranean ships.

From The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

But shame is the rarest thing in the world: what he felt was this unremittent curiosity about his old employer's thoughts.

From Alice Adams by Tarkington, Booth