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unceasing

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un·ceas·ing  (n-ssng)
adj.
Not stopping; continuous.

un·ceasing·ly adv.

unceasing
Adjective
continuing without a break; never stopping
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unceasingunceasing - continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven"
lasting, permanent - continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"
2.unceasingunceasing - uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger"
continuous, uninterrupted - continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks"
Translations

unceasing [ʌnˈsiːsɪŋ] adjincesante
unceasing [ʌnˈsiːsɪŋ] adjincessant(e)continu(e)
unceasing [ʌnˈsiːsɪŋ] adj [search, flow etc] → unaufhörlich; [loyalty] → unermüdlich
unceasing [ʌnˈsiːsɪŋ] adjincessante

unceasing
adj unceasing [anˈsiːsiŋ]
never stopping his unceasing efforts to help the sick and wounded.sonder ophou, onophoudendغَيْر مُنْقَطِع، مُتَواصِلнепрекъснатneustálýuophørligunaufhörlichακατάπαυστοςincesantelõputuبی وقفه؛ بدون توقفloputonincessantבִּלתִי פּוֹסֵקलगातार, निरन्तरneprestan, neprekinutszakadatlanlátlausincessante絶え間ないnepaliaujamas, nuolatinisnemitīgs; nebeidzamstdk henti-hentionophoudelijkuavlatelig, ustoppelig, utrettelignieustającycontínuoneîncetatбеспрерывныйneustálynenehenneprekidanoavbruten, oupphörligไม่หยุดยั้งhiç durmayan, sürekli, devamlı不停的безперервний, невпиннийنہ ختم ہونے والاliên tục , không ngừng
adv unˈceasingly
onophoudendبدون انْقِطاع، بِتَواصُلнепрекъснатоneustáleuophørligtunaufhörlichακατάπαυσταincesantementelõputultبطور بی وقفهloputtomansans cesseלְלא הֶרֶףनिरन्तरतापूर्वकneprestano, neprekinutoszüntelenüllátlaustincessantemente絶え間なくnepaliaujamai, nuolatnemitīgi; nebeidzamitdk henti-hentionophoudelijkutrettelig, uavlatelignieprzerwaniecontinuamentefără încetareбеспрерывноneustálenenehnoneprekidnooavbrutet, oupphörligtซึ่งต่อเนื่องdurmaksızın, sürekli olarak不停地безперервно, невпинноمسلسل طور پرliên tục , không ngừng

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They entreated Jupiter that they might no longer be associated with the Ills, as they had nothing in common and could not live together, but were engaged in unceasing warfare; and that an indissoluble law might be laid down for their future protection.
Sonya had cried and begged to be forgiven and now, as if trying to atone for her fault, paid unceasing attention to her cousin.
Whether any of the relatives of the seamen whose names appeared there were now among the congregation, I knew not; but so many are the unrecorded accidents in the fishery, and so plainly did several women present wear the countenance if not the trappings of some unceasing grief, that I feel sure that here before me were assembled those, in whose unhealing hearts the sight of those bleak tablets sympathetically caused the old wounds to bleed afresh.
 
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