Definition of unrelieved
: not relieved
a grim story unrelieved by humor
: such as
a
: not given relief : furnished no assistance, remedy, or mitigation
chronic, unrelieved stress/pain unrelieved poverty
b
: not including anything that provides a desirable change : monotonous, unvarying
Across that endless, unrelieved grassland came a tumultuous rainstorm …— James Michener
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The first known use of unrelieved was circa 1525
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