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Definition of "unrelenting" []

  • Having or exhibiting uncompromising determination; unyielding: an unrelenting human rights worker. (adjective)
  • Not diminishing in intensity, pace, or effort: an unrelenting ice storm. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "unrelenting" in a sentence
  • "The Democratic National Alliance Parties expressed sorrow for what they called the unrelenting response of the JMP parties to the president's call for dialogue by their inflexible conditions that lead to dialogue disruption."
  • "And I spoke to one of them yesterday who told me, every day these people appear on television, every time they make announcements through the media, every time they're seen smiling and laughing, they add to what this father called the unrelenting torture of the memory."
  • "The irony of Olympia Fields was that on the day that the challengers needed to make a move, the course dried out in unrelenting sunshine and made such a move impossible."