Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having or exhibiting uncompromising determination; unyielding.
- adjective Not diminishing in intensity, pace, or effort.
from The Century Dictionary.
- That does not or will not relent; not being or becoming lenient, mild, gentle, or merciful; continuing to be hard, severe, pitiless, hostile, or cold; inexorable; unyielding.
- Synonyms Relentless, Implacable, etc. (see
inexorable ), merciless, hard-hearted, unsparing, unpitying, rigorous, cruel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not relenting; unyielding; rigid; hard; stern; cruel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
relenting ; having nopity ; not being or becominglenient ,mild ,gentle , ormerciful ;unyielding ;inflexibly rigid ;hard ;stern ;cruel .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective never-ceasing
- adjective not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
- adjective harsh
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Examples
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The Democratic National Alliance Parties expressed sorrow for what they called the unrelenting response of the JMP parties to the president's call for dialogue by their inflexible conditions that lead to dialogue disruption.
Yemen Observer 2010
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And I spoke to one of them yesterday who told me, every day these people appear on television, every time they make announcements through the media, every time they're seen smiling and laughing, they add to what this father called the unrelenting torture of the memory.
Interview - ABC 720 Perth - Transcript - The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs 2008
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The irony of Olympia Fields was that on the day that the challengers needed to make a move, the course dried out in unrelenting sunshine and made such a move impossible.
USATODAY.com - Furyk's win solid, but hardly a thriller 2003
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The pace is unrelenting, that is a positive that comes from the style that Paul Greengrass has for the Bourne series, and the action is strong – although again I wish we were to see more of it as it happens.
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Interesting bit at the end, where Nomi is filmed singing with an orchestra for Michael Nyman's "Requiem" - better known as the unrelenting main theme for The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover.
[scorp] eight of scorpions [1] badger 2005
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"We're talking about long-term unrelenting pain," she said, "We don't look at how many pills are in the bottle.
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"We're talking about long-term unrelenting pain," she said, "We don't look at how many pills are in the bottle.
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"We're talking about long-term unrelenting pain," she said, "We don't look at how many pills are in the bottle.
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"We're talking about long-term unrelenting pain," she said, "We don't look at how many pills are in the bottle.
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"We're talking about long-term unrelenting pain," she said, "We don't look at how many pills are in the bottle.
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