pauselessadj.
/ˈpɔːzləs/, U.S. /ˈpɔzləs/, /ˈpɑzləs/ That has no pauses; uninterrupted, ceaseless.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > [adjective] > continuous or without stop or pause (of action)
ithanda1300
continualc1340
unstintingc1380
perpetuala1382
unfailinga1382
unceasing1382
everlastinga1398
restless?a1439
continuedc1440
running1492
incessant1532
uncessant1548
incessable1552
universal1561
never-ceasing1567
still1570
unpausing1585
ceaseless1590
uncessable1596
indesinent1601
uninterrupted1602
unceasable1604
Sabbathless1605
unceased1605
unintermissive1610
unstaying1616
constant1653
jugial1654
uninterrupted1657
stopless1660
uncheque1671
chronical1672
unarrested1733
well-sustained1743
uninterrupt1776
unsuspended1792
sustained1796
pauseless1820
unhalting1832
persistent1842
unresting1856
unbreaking1870
non-stop1915
1820 P. B. Shelley Orpheus 63 It flows musically through green banks, Ceaseless and pauseless, ever green and fresh.
1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Feb. 2/1 The dusky giants..sweltering naked or half naked at their pauseless task.
1923 C. C. Catt & N. R. Shuler Woman Suffrage & Politics ix. 107 To get the word male in effect out of the constitution cost the women of the country fifty-two years of pauseless campaign thereafter.
1981 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 19 Nov. b20 Her brusque but almost pauseless New Zealand speech.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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