tireless

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

(intransitive) tire + -less

Adjective

tireless (not comparable)

1. Indefatigable, untiring and not yielding to fatigue
   • 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     James Milner's angled free-kick was headed on to the post by the tireless Bent and Lampard the opportunist was perfectly placed to stoop and head in from virtually on the goal-line.

Synonyms

• untiring

Derived terms

• tirelessly
• tirelessness

Translations

indefatigable

• Armenian: անդուլ (hy) (andul)
• Azerbaijani: yorulmaz (az)
• Bulgarian: неуморен (bg) (neumoren)
• Catalan: incansable (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不倦 (zh) (bùjuàn), 不知疲倦的 (bùzhī píjuàn de)

• Dutch: onvermoeibaar (nl)
• Esperanto: nelacigebla
• Finnish: väsymätön (fi), uupumaton
• French: inlassable (fr)
• Galician: incansable (gl), incansábel (gl)
• German: unermüdlich (de)
• Greek: ακούραστος (el) (akoúrastos)

  Ancient: ἀκάματος (akámatos)

• Italian: instancabile (it)
• Japanese: 疲れを知らない (つかれをしらない, tsukare o shiranai)
• Macedonian: неу́морен m (neúmoren), безу́морен m (bezúmoren)
• Polish: niestrudzony (pl), niezmordowany (pl)
• Portuguese: incansável (pt)
• Russian: неутоми́мый (ru) (neutomímyj), неуста́нный (ru) (neustánnyj), безуста́нный (ru) (bezustánnyj)
• Sanskrit: अरमति (sa) f (aramati)
• Spanish: incansable (es), infatigable (es)
• Tocharian B: ekwalatte
• Turkish: yorulmak bilmeyen
• Ukrainian: невто́мний (nevtómnyj)

Etymology 2

tire +‎ -less

Adjective

tireless (not comparable)

1. (American spelling) Without a tire (wheel covering); tyreless.

Anagrams

• Leisters, leisters, riteless