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unremittent

American  
[uhn-ri-mit-nt] / ˌʌn rɪˈmɪt nt /

adjective

  1. (especially of a fever) unremitting.


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Etymology

Origin of unremittent

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

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It was from beginning to end sane and reasonable and yet vigorous and unremittent.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 by Various

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 Booth Tarkington

And running this film in a sequence unrelieved by brighter interludes, she produced a biographical picture of such consistent and unremittent gloom that Penrod's past appeared to justify disturbing thoughts about his present and future.

From Penrod and Sam by Booth Tarkington

That guttural, scolding voice, unremittent as the hissing of a steam pipe, is Mrs. Rasnosky.

From The Promised Land by Mary Antin

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 Walter Dill Scott

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