unbreaking

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English

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Etymology 1

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From unbreak +‎ -ing.

Verb

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unbreaking

  1. present participle and gerund of unbreak

Etymology 2

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From un- +‎ breaking.

Adjective

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unbreaking (comparative more unbreaking, superlative most unbreaking)

  1. That does not break; unbreakable or unbroken.
    • 1869, Historical Sketches of the Reign of George Second:
      Their sorry tragedy is cleared away from the universe, and at the end comes in that strange consciousness of the unbreaking perpetual stream of life which makes every tragedy bearable.
    • 2014, William King, Ocean of Fear: Book Six of the Kormak Saga:
      The river snaked through the forest, and they travelled on hour after hour, through an unbreaking monotony of green.
    • 2010, Joni Eareckson Tada, Joni: An Unforgettable Story:
      At evening, another meal and catheter emptying followed by more television watching until “lights out.” Each new day was a boring and monotonous extension of the previous day—eat, watch TV, sleep—in an unbreaking, sickening cycle.