unremitting

[ uhn-ri-mit-ing ]

adjective

1. not slackening or abating; incessant:

   unremitting noise; unremitting attention.

unremitting

/ ˌʌnrɪˈmɪtɪŋ /

adjective

1. never slackening or stopping; unceasing; constant

Derived Forms

• ˌunreˈmittingness, noun
• ˌunreˈmittingly, adverb

Other Words From

• unre·mitting·ly adverb
• unre·mitting·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unremitting¹

First recorded in 1670–80; un- ¹ + remit ( def ) + -ing ²( def )

Example Sentences

In the apartment she shares with her 7-year-old son, her 39-year-old sister and her nieces and nephew, the low, steady hum of air purifiers is unremitting.

From ProPublica

It is highly unusual that a child is in severe, unremitting, inameliorable plain, he noted.

From The Daily Beast

However, if someone is experiencing unremitting pain, he said, then death should not be considered harm.

From The Daily Beast

For everyone else, the unremitting stream of appearances, outfit changes, photo shoots and flights soon becomes wearisome.

From The Daily Beast

To them, the growth of megacities is justified because it offers something more than unremitting rural poverty.

From The Daily Beast

For three days of unremitting bliss, Nora directed me opposite Meryl Streep.

From The Daily Beast

Her time she devoted, with unremitting diligence, to those literary avocations in which she found so much delight.

From Project Gutenberg

It is not possible to describe the unremitting and devoted attentions of her husband.

From Project Gutenberg

Despite eleven years of unremitting toil we have been unable to wear ourselves gray or conspicuously haggard or clean shaven.

From Project Gutenberg

Weishaupt himself declares that he has got it all out of books by means of arduous and unremitting labour.

From Project Gutenberg

If any one thing was certain, it was that the watch within that rough circle would be unremitting and vigilant while it lasted.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• ceaseless
• continuous
• enduring
• eternal
• incessant
• ongoing
• persistent
• recurrent
• relentless
• unceasing
• unending
• unflagging