unflagging

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un·flag·ging

(ŭn-flăg′ĭng)

adj.

Persistent or untiring. See Synonyms at tireless.

un·flag′ging·ly adv.

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unflagging

(ʌnˈflæɡɪŋ)

adj

not declining in strength or vigour; tireless

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Adj.	1.	unflagging - showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality; "an indefatigable advocate of equal rights"; "a tireless worker"; "unflagging pursuit of excellence" indefatigable, tireless, unwearying energetic - possessing or exerting or displaying energy; "an energetic fund raiser for the college"; "an energetic group of hikers"; "it caused an energetic chemical reaction"
	2.	unflagging - unceasing; "unfailing loyalty"; "unfailing good spirits"; "unflagging courtesy" unfailing constant - steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection; "a man constant in adherence to his ideals"; "a constant lover"; "constant as the northern star"

unflagging

adjective constant, steady, tireless, fixed, persistent, staunch, persevering, unremitting, indefatigable, unfailing, unceasing, untiring, unfaltering, undeviating, unwearied He was sustained by the unflagging support of his family.

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unflagging

adjective

Having or showing a capacity for protracted effort, regardless of difficulty or frustration:

indefatigable, inexhaustible, tireless, unfailing, untiring, unwearied, weariless.

Translations

لا يَكِلُّ، لا يَتْعَبُ

neúnavný

utrættelig

unermüdlich

inépuisable

óòreytandi

instancabile

nenuilstamas

nenogurstošs

aldri sviktende

yılmazyorulmaz

不倦的

unflagging

[ʌnˈflægɪŋ] ADJ → incansable

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unflagging

[ˌʌnˈflægɪŋ] adj [support, optimism] → indéfectible; [effort] → inlassable; [pace] → soutenu(e)

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unflagging

adj person, zeal, patience → unermüdlich, unentwegt; enthusiasm → unerschöpflich; devotion, interest → unverändert stark; he has an unflagging devotion to the cause → er stellt sich unermüdlich in den Dienst der Sache; to be unflagging in one’s support of something → etw unermüdlich unterstützen; to be unflagging in doing something → unermüdlich darin sein, etw zu tun

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unflagging

[ʌnˈflægɪŋ] adj → instancabile

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

unflagging

(anˈflӕgiŋ) adjective

not tiring or losing vigour. her unflagging energy.

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In the elasticity of her movements, the freshness and the unflagging eagerness which persisted in her face, and broke out in her smile and her glance, she would rather have passed for a girl of twenty, had it not been for a serious and at times mournful look in her eyes, which struck and attracted Kitty.

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So several hours he spent in her company, in which she was much the same girl as before, natural, unaffected, lighthearted, smiling and laughing, a good fellow, talking horses with unflagging enthusiasm, making friends with the crusty-tempered Wolf, and expressing the desire to ride Bob, whom she declared she was more in love with than ever.

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Every little while some giant tree yielded the fight and fell crashing through the younger growth; and the unflagging thunder- peals came now in ear-splitting explosive bursts, keen and sharp, and unspeakably appalling.

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Karain looked slowly from face to face, and then the silence became so profound that we all could hear distinctly the two chronometers in my cabin ticking along with unflagging speed against one another.

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France, no doubt, possesses more than one well-educated man and more than one patriot in every commune; but I am fully persuaded that not every canton can produce a man who to these valuable qualifications unites the unflagging will and pertinacity with which a blacksmith hammers out iron.

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And, though her reason flouted any possibility of wild dangers, her fancy went on picturing them with unflagging zeal.

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He was in high good- humour, and he led the conversation with unflagging spirit.

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This took such a long time to say that the unflagging attention of the Assistant Commissioner seemed a wonderful feat of endurance.

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Moy kept up the conversation between them, thus begun, with unflagging ease and spirit.

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In the tractability with which, at my wish, you forsook a study in which you were interested, and adopted another because it interested me; in the untiring assiduity with which you have since persevered in it--in the unflagging energy and unshaken temper with which you have met its difficulties--I acknowledge the complement of the qualities I seek.

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While this discourse was holding, Trotty made no pause in his attack upon the savoury meat before him, but cut and ate, and cut and drank, and cut and chewed, and dodged about, from tripe to hot potato, and from hot potato back again to tripe, with an unctuous and unflagging relish.

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"This achievement was made possible because of the unflagging efforts of the Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Councils, the Philippine National Police, and the City Government of Caloocan..." said Anti-Drug Abuse Office head of the city Atty.