unremitting

Examples

• All

• The storm unleashed unremitting rain, causing widespread flooding in the area.

• She faced unremitting criticism for her controversial opinion on the matter.

• I am aware of the unremitting presence of an invisible eye watching my every move.

  Fiction book (1996)

• In a slow, unremitting way, she was turning for home, toward a place she'd never been.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Its record in much smaller economies in Latin America, South Asia, Central Europe, and elsewhere is one of almost unremitting failure.

  Academic text (1997)

• In each passage, the harshness is unremitting.

  Academic text (1999)

• Though the Box-J was a small ranch, labor was unremitting.

  Fiction book (1990)

• In the spring of 1956, after 35 years of unremitting labor for the theater, my grandfather asked for a few months' leave of absence.

  Fiction book (2001)

• But I was, in reality, very ill, and surely nothing but the unbounded and unremitting attentions of my friend could have restored me to life.

  Fiction book (2002)

• A dramatic, far-reaching, and as yet unremitting global reduction in childbearing and birthrates is now underway.

  Academic text (2010)

Synonyms

C

constant

vsunremitting

198 2.5

Happens all the time without stopping

focuses on an unpleasant, never-relaxing continuation rather than simple steadiness

P

perpetual

vsunremitting

93 5.8

Lasting for a very long time without stopping

is more about duration than about severity or harshness

N

never-ending

vsunremitting

58 3.1

Continuing for a very long time with no end

means ongoing in time but adds unrelieved unpleasantness

I

incessant

vsunremitting

30 6.3

Happening all the time without stopping

is similar but stresses an unpleasant, never-relaxing quality

U

unrelenting

vsunremitting

28 7.0

Not stopping and not getting less strong

is about harsh, never relaxing continuation rather than neutral persistence

U

uninterrupted

vsunremitting

28 4.2

Continuing without stopping or being disturbed

describes ongoing hardship rather than neutral smooth continuity

U

unabated

vsunremitting

11 7.5

Still strong and not becoming weaker

highlights that the continuation is unpleasant and never slackens

C

ceaseless

vsunremitting

9 4.9

Not stopping or pausing for a long time

casts that endlessness as an unpleasant, unrelenting experience

U

unfailing

vsunremitting

5 4.9

Always reliable and steady

focuses on unpleasant persistence rather than dependable positive constancy

U

unflagging

vsunremitting

3 7.5

Always having energy and not giving up

is about relentless unpleasant continuation rather than energetic endurance

U

undying

vsunremitting

2 5.5

Something that lasts forever and never ends

is broader, referring to endlessness rather than specifically unpleasant persistence

U

unbated

vsunremitting

1 8.6

Not reduced in strength or power

frames that steady intensity as an unrelenting, unpleasant pressure

U

unceasing

vsunremitting

1 6.0

Continuing without stopping

adds a sense of severe, unrelieved continuation rather than mere nonstop

U

unsuspended

vsunremitting

1 6.0

Continuing without stopping

relates to not being paused rather than expressing harsh continuous severity

U

unstopping

vsunremitting

5.1

Continuing without stopping

adds the idea that this ongoing state is harsh and never eases

U

unpunctuated

vsunremitting

6.0

Expressed without pauses or breaks

is more about lack of pauses than about harsh intensity

U

unwaning

vsunremitting

8.9

Continuing strongly without getting weaker

emphasizes ongoing unpleasant pressure rather than mere durability

U

undecaying

vsunremitting

• Specialized

8.9

Does not lose strength or get weaker over time

casts that durability as an unrelenting, unpleasant state

U

undisrupted

vsunremitting

4.6

Continuing without any break

is about smooth continuity not about severity or lack of relief

Antonyms

I

interrupted

3.4

Happening with short pauses that stop and start again

How Persistent

relentless

131 5.1

unremitting

1 8.5

persistent

82 4.9

continuous

141 3.7

intermittent

35 6.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology