unabated
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of unabated
1605–15; un- 1 + abated ( def. )
Explanation
If something is unabated, it keeps on going without stopping or slowing down, like your unabated weeping as you watch a sad movie. No matter how many times you yell for her to turn it down, your sister's loud music continues unabated (which might result in unabated yelling on your part). Unabated comes from the "not" prefix un- and the verb abate, "become less intense" or "put an end to." Abate shares a Latin root with battere, "to beat."
Vocabulary lists containing unabated
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave" Vocabulary from the autobiography
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Elie Wiesel's "Hope, Despair and Memory" (1986)
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Example Sentences
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"If global ecosystems continue to warm unabated, expected future temperatures will lead to critical heat stress for up to half of the insect species there," so the JMU biologist.
From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026
But the need is overwhelming and demonstrates the unabated struggles low-income and middle-class working parents face in their quest for affordable child-care slots.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026
Meanwhile, "the conflict and insecurity continued unabated in large parts of the country".
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
Given the heavy weighting on household balance sheets, letting the crisis continue unabated will keep consumer sentiment weak and weigh on consumption.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
It pleased him that she should dwell there hungry but unabated in malice, a more sure watch upon that ancient path into his land than any other that his skill could have devised.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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