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Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-beyt
Phonetic Transcription : əˈbeɪt



Definition of unabating

Origin :
  • "put an end to" (c.1300); "to grow less, diminish in power or influence" (early 14c.), from Old French abattre "beat down, cast down," from Vulgar Latin *abbatere, from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + battuere "to beat" (see batter (v.)). Secondary sense of "to fell, slaughter" is in abatis and abattoir. Related: Abated; abating.
  • As in chronic : adj incessant, never-ending
  • As in lingering : adj chronic
  • As in protracted : adj chronic
Example sentences :
  • For some hours the fight was continued with unabating obstinacy on both sides.
  • Extract from : « Saint George for England » by G. A. Henty
  • Since then her success has swept onward with unabating force.
  • Extract from : « Stars of the Opera » by Mabel Wagnalls
  • What Petrarch began in the fourteenth century was carried on by a new generation with unabating industry.
  • Extract from : « View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3) » by Henry Hallam
  • And all night, lagging far behind in his unabating caution, the panther followed him.
  • Extract from : « Earth's Enigmas » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • Woman, bless her dear, ambitious heart, seeks with unabating energy the ways and means of becoming beautiful.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Beautiful » by Helen Follett Stevans
  • The new student was welcomed into Columbian College and there pursued the courses of study with unabating enthusiasm.
  • Extract from : « Charles Lewis Cocke » by William Robert Lee Smith
  • The inspired narrator notices, in the first place, the warmth of her hospitality, and its unabating continuance to Elisha.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • At that time it continued to proceed with unabating increase; being apparently stopped neither by rivers nor mountains.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Curiosities » by I. Platts
  • The numbers, the fury, and the unabating exertions of the Mexicans, are greater than we looked for.
  • Extract from : « Calavar » by Robert Montgomery Bird
  • They were discussed with unabating interest all day and every day, and by everyone upon all occasions.
  • Extract from : « Some Everyday Folk and Dawn » by Miles Franklin

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