unremitted

English

Etymology

un- +‎ remitted

Adjective

unremitted (comparative more unremitted, superlative most unremitted)

  1. Not remitted or allowed to slacken; continued.
    • 1835, An Oxonian, Thaumaturgia‎:
      The Rosencrucians not only believed that these events must happen, but they also endeavoured to accelerate them by unremitted exertions.
    • 1852, James Fenimore Cooper, Precaution‎:
      In the manners of Colonel Egerton there was the same general disposition to please, and the same unremitted attention to the wishes and amusements of Jane.
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