unremitting
un·re·mit·ting
adjective
1.
uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
- “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”
- “;”
Origin
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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