unremitting

[ uhn-ri-mit-ing ]

/ ˌʌn rɪˈmɪt ɪŋ /

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adjective

not slackening or abating; incessant: unremitting noise; unremitting attention.

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Origin of unremitting

First recorded in 1670–80; un-¹ + remit + -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM unremitting

un·re·mit·ting·ly, adverbun·re·mit·ting·ness, noun

Words nearby unremitting

unreliable, unreligious, unremarkable, unremitted, unremittent, unremitting, unremittingly, unrent, unrepair, unrepairable, unrepeatable

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How to use unremitting in a sentence

In the apartment she shares with her 7-year-old son, her 39-year-old sister and her nieces and nephew, the low, steady hum of air purifiers is unremitting.
Poison in the Air|by Lylla Younes, Ava Kofman, Al Shaw and Lisa Song, with additional reporting by Maya Miller, photography by Kathleen Flynn for ProPublica|November 2, 2021|ProPublica
It is highly unusual that a child is in severe, unremitting, inameliorable plain, he noted.
U.K. Courts Grant Mother Right to End Her 12-Year-Old Disabled Daughter’s Life|Elizabeth Picciuto|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
However, if someone is experiencing unremitting pain, he said, then death should not be considered harm.
U.K. Courts Grant Mother Right to End Her 12-Year-Old Disabled Daughter’s Life|Elizabeth Picciuto|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For everyone else, the unremitting stream of appearances, outfit changes, photo shoots and flights soon becomes wearisome.
Inside ‘Kim Kardashian: Hollywood’: The Reality Star’s Aspirational App and Vainest Project Yet|Frances McInnis|June 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

To them, the growth of megacities is justified because it offers something more than unremitting rural poverty.
City Leaders Are in Love With Density but Most City Dwellers Disagree|Joel Kotkin|September 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
For three days of unremitting bliss, Nora directed me opposite Meryl Streep.
Joan Juliet Buck on Being in Awe of Nora Ephron|Joan Juliet Buck|June 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Her time she devoted, with unremitting diligence, to those literary avocations in which she found so much delight.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
It is not possible to describe the unremitting and devoted attentions of her husband.
Mary Wollstonecraft|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Despite eleven years of unremitting toil we have been unable to wear ourselves gray or conspicuously haggard or clean shaven.
Seeing Things at Night|Heywood Broun
Weishaupt himself declares that he has got it all out of books by means of arduous and unremitting labour.
Secret Societies And Subversive Movements|Nesta H. Webster
If any one thing was certain, it was that the watch within that rough circle would be unremitting and vigilant while it lasted.
The Phantom of the River|Edward S. Ellis

British Dictionary definitions for unremitting

unremitting

/ (ˌʌnrɪˈmɪtɪŋ) /

adjective

never slackening or stopping; unceasing; constant

Derived forms of unremitting

unremittingly, adverbunremittingness, noun

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