adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˌʌnɹɪˈmɪtɪŋ/
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US:/ˌʌnɹɪˈmɪtɪŋ/
rhymes with -ɪtɪŋ
CMU ARPABET:AH2 N R IH0 M IH1 T IH0 NG
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:AH2 N R IY0 M IH1 T IH0 NG
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
Incessant; never slackening.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the ceaseless thunder of surf
in constant pain
night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city
the never-ending search for happiness
the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy
man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation
un- + remitting, from remit (in now rare sense of “diminish, abate”), from Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere (“to send, send back”). Compare Old French remettre, remetre, remitter. Not from nonexistent unremit. First attested in 1728.
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19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
