unremittant

English

Etymology

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Adjective

unremittant (comparative more unremittant, superlative most unremittant)

1. (rare) Alternative form of unremittent
   • 1911, Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, George F. Seward: Born November 8, 1840, Died November 28, 1910:

     Mr. Seward had the capacity for hard and unremittant labor.

   • 1998, Opportunistic Protozoa in Humans, →ISBN, page 63:

     For example, T.P. Flanigan, H. Grube, M. Milano and colleagues in Rhode Island, USA (personal communication) have treated a person with AIDS and unremittant cryptosporidiosis with combined antiviral drugs including a protease inhibitor, resulting in apparent cure of the cryptosporidiosis.

   • 2012, Alexa Alfer, ‎Amy J. Edwards de Campos, A.S. Byatt: Critical Storytelling, →ISBN, page 117:

     The Thing obviously serves as a symbolic representation of the war, its destruction of normal family life, its unremittant slaughter.

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