unabated

English

Etymology

un- + abated

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʌn.əˈbeɪ.tɪd/

Adjective

unabated (comparative more unabated, superlative most unabated)

  1. Continuing at full strength or intensity.
    • 2023 March 22, 'Industry Insider', “Restoring Your Railway”, in RAIL, number 979, page 68:
      In this period, road building continued unabated, but change was in the wind as the UK government recognised it had to make more use of the rail network and increase investment on a scale that it could not afford, and which would require private sector participation.
    • 2023 December 4, Damian Carrington, “Cop28 president forced into defence of fossil fuel phase-out claims”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
      More than 100 countries already support a phase-out of “unabated” fossil fuels – those where the resultant emissions are not captured – and whether the final Cop28 agreement calls for this or uses weaker language such as “phase-down” is one of the most fiercely fought issues at the summit.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:unabated.

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