unabated

adjective

Definition of unabatednext
as in relentless
continuing at full strength or force without becoming weaker Their effort continued unabated despite the many pitfalls they faced. Her popularity remains unabated.

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Recent Examples of unabated Back in Hitsats, mining continues unabated while people are starving. — Claire Wilmot & Gisa Tunbridge, The Dial, 12 June 2026 Horror summer continues unabated at the box office. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 June 2026 Criminal gang violence continues unabated in Ecuador following the recapture in June 2025 of the country's biggest drug lord, Adolfo Macías, who leads Los Choneros, after his escape from a maximum-security prison in 2024. — CBS News, 3 June 2026 More than 8 billion tons of plastic waste clog the planet, a gobsmacking figure that continues to grow unabated. — Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for unabated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unabated
  1. relentless
  2. steady
  3. steadfast
  4. persistent
  5. patient
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  • But there is little sympathy coming out of Ukraine, where civilian infrastructure, including businesses, have endured years of relentless Russian attacks.
    — Daniela Suarez, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Ted was genuinely out of his depth, the conflicts felt earned, and the show still had to persuade audiences that its relentless optimism wasn’t naïve.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of relentless
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  • The Fed opted to hold interest rates steady at its meeting last week, but central bankers appeared divided over the move.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Erotic thrillers, a genre which peaked in the 1980s and ‘90s, have also been making a slow but steady comeback.
    — David Mack, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of steady
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  • King Edward, who ruled from 1901 until his death in 1910, had a wire-haired fox terrier named Caesar, who was his steadfast companion.
    — Audrey Schmidt, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Musk remaind steadfast in his ambitious vision for the company, from orbital data centers to a fleet of humanoid robots that would enable large scale manufacturing on the surface of the Moon.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of steadfast
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  • The scorching temperatures and persistent droughts in June and July mutually reinforced each other to create a hot weather spiral, according to Samantha Burgess, strategic lead for climate at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The Triton is a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft built to provide persistent maritime intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of persistent
Adjective
  • Seventy years of patient investment in exchanges have produced an alumni network no other country can match.
    — James K. Glassman, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The Charlotte native was humble and patient, his coach previously told the Observer, and in 2013 became an All-American defensive lineman at JCSU — a title the school hadn’t seen since 2008.
    — Julia Coin August 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of patient

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