undeterred

adjective

un·​de·​terred ˌən-di-ˈtərd 

-dē-

: not discouraged or prevented from acting : not deterred

a politician undeterred by criticism

So far, Dallas, San Antonio and El Paso have rejected his offer … But Pickens, ever the wheeler-dealer, is undeterred.

—Karen Breslau

Examples of undeterred in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Oilers were undeterred despite Andrei Kuzmenko opening the scoring by tipping in a point shot on a power play at 3:33 of the second period. —Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025

The host is undeterred, suggesting that if these comments were made about an African population, they would be considered extremely racist. —Tim Parks, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025

Still, Daly remained undeterred even through 16 surgeries and bladder cancer. —Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2025

Yet, Madhusudhan and his team remain undeterred, noting that Taylor's models are too simplistic to capture the complex behavior of atmospheric molecules in the wavelengths their JWST data represent. —Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 1 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1607, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for undeterred

• absurd
• averred
• bluebird
• byword
• catbird
• catchword
• concurred
• conferred
• cowbird
• cowherd
• crossword
• deferred