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unremitting

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un·re·mit·ting  (nr-mtng)
adj.
Never slackening; persistent.

unre·mitting·ly adv.
unre·mitting·ness n.

unremitting [ˌʌnrɪˈmɪtɪŋ]
adj
never slackening or stopping; unceasing; constant
unremittingly  adv
unremittingness  n
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Adj.1.unremittingunremitting - 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"

unremitting
adjective constant, continuous, relentless, perpetual, continual, unbroken, incessant, diligent, unabated, unwavering, indefatigable, remorseless, assiduous, unceasing, sedulous, unwearied boarding school, where I spent six years of unremitting misery thanks to his unremitting efforts
Translations
unremitting [ˈʌnrɪˈmɪtɪŋ] ADJincansable; (= continuous) → continuo
unremitting [ˌʌnrɪˈmɪtɪŋ] adj [misery, boredom] → absolu(e); [hostility, effort, struggle] → acharné(e)
unremitting
adj efforts, toilunaufhörlich, unablässig; zealunermüdlich; hatredunversöhnlich
unremitting [ˌʌnrɪˈmɪtɪŋ] (frm) adj (activity) → senza sosta, incessante; (efforts, demands) → costante; (hatred) → irriducibile, implacabile
unremitting [ˌʌnrɪˈmɪtɪŋ] (frm) adj (activity) → senza sosta, incessante; (efforts, demands) → costante; (hatred) → irriducibile, implacabile


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She is a charming creature, but her blithe spirit is almost broken, and her sweet temper almost spoiled, by the still unremitting persecutions of her mother in behalf of her rejected suitor - not violent, but wearisome and unremitting like a continual dropping.
It is difficult to disconnect the idea of ships' anchors from the idea of the ship's chief mate - the man who sees them go down clear and come up sometimes foul; because not even the most unremitting care can always prevent a ship, swinging to winds and tide, from taking an awkward turn of the cable round stock or fluke.
He writes most gratefully of Sir James's unremitting kindness to him.
 
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