unflagging

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adjective un·flag·ging \ ˌən-ˈfla-giŋ \

Definition of unflagging

1 :not flagging :tireless

unflagging enthusiasm

2 :unrelenting 2

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unflaggingly

play \ˌən-ˈfla-giŋ-lē\ adverb

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Examples of unflagging in a Sentence

being rewarded for the unflagging zeal with which she led the fund-raising campaign

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Proving that two heads are better than one, especially in music, the ChamberFest regulars tore through a daunting part conceived for one musician with unflagging ferocity and a brilliant palette of emotional colors.

— zachary lewis, cleveland.com, "ChamberFest Cleveland performance of 'Kafka Fragments' coalesces into riveting whole (review)," 21 June 2017
But along with all that, there's also a dark vein of humor and, more importantly, an unflagging sense of urgency and suspense to keep things moving.

— mike scott, NOLA.com, "'Claws' review: TNT drama plays like 'Steel Magnolias' meets 'Breaking Bad'," 6 June 2017
In 1858, Walt Whitman, at the age of thirty-nine, was eking out a living as a journalist at the Brooklyn Daily Times, generating thousands of words a week at an unflagging pace.

— dan piepenbring, The New Yorker, "Lessons on Male Insecurity (and Indigestion) from Walt Whitman’s Men’s-Health Column," 21 Mar. 2017
Woody Allen remembers in his most buoyant, comic and poignantly expressed of memoirs, titled, with his unflagging, poetic exactitude, ‘

— joshua barone, New York Times, "What’s on TV Sunday: ‘The Circus’ and ‘Radio Days’," 19 Mar. 2017
He, too, had an unflagging hustle and intense curiosity about a broad range of subjects.

— rachel tashjian, Vanities, "What’s Next for Cat Marnell?," 24 Feb. 2017
He, too, had an unflagging hustle and intense curiosity about a broad range of subjects.

— vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, "What’s Next for Cat Marnell?," 24 Feb. 2017
The indefatigable Asner maintains an unflagging schedule.

— donald liebenson, HWD, "Ed Asner Remembers His Ill-Fated Date With Mary Tyler Moore," 27 Jan. 2017
The indefatigable Asner maintains an unflagging schedule.

— vanityfair.com, "Ed Asner Remembers His Ill-Fated Date With Mary Tyler Moore," 27 Jan. 2017

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First Known Use of unflagging

1715

unflagging Synonyms

Synonyms

indefatigable, inexhaustible, tireless, untiring, weariless

Near Antonyms

indolent, lackadaisical, laggard, lazy, listless, shiftless, slothful, sluggish; apathetic, casual, desultory, languid, spiritless; beat, broken, burned-out (or burnt-out), done in, drained, enervated, jaded, overtaxed, overworked, played out, sapped, spent, tuckered (out), wearied, worn-out

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: not decreasing or becoming weaker : remaining strong

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