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[ uhn-ri-len -ting ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌʌn rɪˈlɛn tɪŋ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective not relenting; not yielding or swerving in determination or resolution, as of or from opinions, convictions, ambitions, ideals, etc.; inflexible: an unrelenting opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment.
not easing or slackening in severity: an unrelenting rain.
maintaining speed, effort, vigor, intensity, rate of advance, etc.: an unrelenting attack.
Origin of unrelenting First recorded in 1580–90; un-1 + relent + -ing2
SYNONYMS FOR unrelenting 1 relentless, merciless, unmerciful, ruthless, pitiless, cruel, remorseless.
2 unremitting, implacable, inexorable.
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OTHER WORDS FROM unrelenting un·re·lent·ing·ly, adverb un·re·lent·ing·ness, noun Words nearby unrelenting unregenerate, unregistered, unregulated, unrehearsed, unrelated, unrelenting , unreliable, unreligious, unremarkable, unremitted, unremittedly
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Similarly, so should the response: unrelenting , shouted from the highest and most respectable platforms and people.
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Frank saw that the only way he could end the fight was to finish his unrelenting and persistent foe.
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He thought of God as he had never thought before,—not as a stern and unrelenting Judge, but as a forgiving, loving Father.
He walked with a sort of defiant straddle, and was altogether a stolid, grim, unrelenting sort of boy.
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The imperial troops are said to be crushing it with unrelenting severity.
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For me the rock was a symbol of captivity—bleak, inexorable, and unrelenting .
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British Dictionary definitions for unrelenting adjective refusing to relent or take pity; relentless; merciless
not diminishing in determination, speed, effort, force, etc
Derived forms of unrelenting unrelentingly , adverb unrelentingness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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