stanchless

[ stawnch-lis, stahnch-, stanch- ]

adjective

1. not to be stanched:

   We pressed more bandages to his stanchless wound, but we couldn't save him.

2. incessant:

   a stanchless torrent of words.

Other Words From

• stanchless·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of stanchless¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; stanch ¹ + -less

Example Sentences

Nor will he be the last, and neither will the stanchless trickle of sexts and nude photographs and the occasional video flow from the accounts of celebrities or other people in whose lives there is arguably some public interest.

From Washington Post

"Skoal to the stanchless flux," young Durrell ends one letter.

From Time Magazine Archive

Who, but the purse-proud plutocrat who sits on his cushioned chair in Wall Street, sending out his ruthless minions to rob the labourer of his toil and to express his hard-won gold to the stanchless maw of the ghoulish East.

From Project Gutenberg

Untiring wielder of the nimblest quill That ever shed the stanchless inky rill Upon the virgin whiteness of the quire.

From Project Gutenberg

Stanchless avarice constantly converts kings of ordinary clay into monsters.

From Project Gutenberg