Unremitting meaning

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The definition of unremitting is persistent or not letting up.

An example of unremitting is rain that hasn't stopped for several days.

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Not stopping, relaxing, or slackening; incessant; persistent.
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Never slackening; persistent.
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Origin of unremitting

  • 1728, un- +"Ž remitting, from remit, of Latin origin, in now rare sense of “diminish, abate". Not from (non-existent) *unremit.

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Unremitting Sentence Examples

  • To the army he gave unremitting attention, reviewing it at regular intervals, and sternly punishing negligence on the part of the officers.

  • He now set to work to repair his fortune by unremitting literary labour.

  • At the end of 17 51 he was in Wittenberg again, where he spent about a year engaged in unremitting study and research.

  • His unremitting labours impaired his health and shortened his splendid career at Durham.

  • But unremitting efforts have been made to maintain a sufficient fairway up to Hamburg.

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