What does unremitting mean?
Unremitting means Incessant; never slackening..
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/ˌʌnɹɪˈmɪtɪŋ/ · adjective
Incessant; never slackening..
1961: J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato. In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 467. We can achieve this god‐likeness only by unremitting and strenuous effort of the intellect.
These thoughts supported my spirits, while I pursued my undertaking with unremitting ardour.
The human life span will be extended to 200 years, but the last 150 will be spent in unremitting pain and sadness.
In fact, eighteenth-century British erotica has been the subject of unremitting attention for the last two decades.
"To meet the ambitions set-out by the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, we need to have an unremitting focus upon sustainable delivery, innovation and collaboration. [...]."
Use unremitting when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unremitting means Incessant; never slackening..
Common synonyms include perpetual, incessant, constant, unceasing.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1961: J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato. In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 467. We can achieve this god‐likeness only by unremitting and strenuous effort of the intellect.
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