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unremitted

unremitted adjective: not remitted or allowed to slacken; continued.

Adjective

unremitted (comparative more unremitted, superlative most unremitted)

  1. Not remitted or allowed to slacken; continued.
    • The Rosencrucians not only believed that these events must happen, but they also endeavoured to accelerate them by unremitted exertions.1835, An Oxonian, Thaumaturgia
    • In the manners of Colonel Egerton there was the same general disposition to please, and the same unremitted attention to the wishes and amusements of Jane.1852, James Fenimore Cooper, Precaution

Forms of unremitted

comparativemore unremitted
superlativemost unremitted

Origin of unremitted

From un- + remitted.

Words formed from unremitted

Questions about unremitted

What does unremitted mean?
Unremitted means not remitted or allowed to slacken; continued.
What part of speech is unremitted?
Unremitted is an adjective.

Words near unremitted in the dictionary

  1. unremineralized
  2. unreminiscent
  3. unremissible
  4. unremittable
  5. unremittant
  6. unremitted
  7. unremittedly
  8. unremittent
  9. unremittently
  10. unremitting
  11. unremittingly

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