unrelieved

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

English relieved

English unrelieved

From un- + relieved.

Adjective

unrelieved (comparative more unrelieved, superlative most unrelieved)

1. Utter; complete; without relief.
   • 1955 May, H. P. White, “The Togoland Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 349:

     Stock is generally well maintained, and the locomotives and railcars are kept scrupulously clean. The former are painted an unrelieved black, and the latter blue and cream, while the coaches are grey.

   • 2020 June 8, Ronald Brownstein, “The partisan chasm over ‘systemic racism’ is on full display”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Part of this movement was driven by a growing conviction among African Americans that they faced unrelieved discrimination.

Derived terms

• unrelievedly