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unslackening

unslackening adjective: not slackening; without loss of speed.

Adjective

unslackening (comparative more unslackening, superlative most unslackening)

  1. Not slackening; without loss of speed.
    • Lyra Apostolica
      Faster each hour, on Time's unslackening gale,
      The dreaming world drives on.

Forms of unslackening

comparativemore unslackening
superlativemost unslackening

Origin of unslackening

From un- + slackening.

Questions about unslackening

What does unslackening mean?
Unslackening means not slackening; without loss of speed.
What part of speech is unslackening?
Unslackening is an adjective.

Words near unslackening in the dictionary

  1. unskittish
  2. unskunked
  3. unslack
  4. unslacked
  5. unslackened
  6. unslackening
  7. unslacking
  8. unslagged
  9. unslain
  10. unslakable
  11. unslakeable

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