unremittent

[ uhn-ri-mit-nt ]

adjective

1. (especially of a fever) unremitting.

Other Words From

• unre·mittence unre·mitten·cy noun
• unre·mittent·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of unremittent¹

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

Example Sentences

Does the best care of a child require the concentrated and unremittent devotion of an entire mother?

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

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

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

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