unstriving
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a word derived from
striving.
strivingnounthe act or practice of trying hard to do, reach, or achieve something; vigorous effort.
Example Sentences
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"You brought the flute?" she said, in that toneless, melancholy, unstriving voice of hers.
From Aaron's Rod by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
Still and unstriving now, What plottest thou, Within thy universe-ulterior deeps, Dark as the final lull of suns?
From The Star-Treader and other poems by Clark Ashton Smith