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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]unbreaking
- present participle and gerund of unbreak
Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]unbreaking (comparative more unbreaking, superlative most unbreaking)
- 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.