unremittant

English


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Adjective

unremittant (comparative more unremittant, superlative most unremittant)

  1. (rare) Alternative form of unremittent
    • 1911, Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, George F. Seward: Born November 8, 1840, Died November 28, 1910:
      Mr. Seward had the capacity for hard and unremittant labor.
    • 1998, Opportunistic Protozoa in Humans, →ISBN, page 63:
      For example, T.P. Flanigan, H. Grube, M. Milano and colleagues in Rhode Island, USA (personal communication) have treated a person with AIDS and unremittant cryptosporidiosis with combined antiviral drugs including a protease inhibitor, resulting in apparent cure of the cryptosporidiosis.
    • 2012, Alexa Alfer, ‎Amy J. Edwards de Campos, A.S. Byatt: Critical Storytelling, →ISBN, page 117:
      The Thing obviously serves as a symbolic representation of the war, its destruction of normal family life, its unremittant slaughter.

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