unceasing

adjective

ˌən-ˈsē-siŋ How to pronounce unceasing (audio)
Definition of unceasingnext
as in continuous
going on and on without any interruptions this unceasing rain will turn me into a mushroom!

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Recent Examples of unceasing When John begins spitting out his food, his mother, Heather (Shirley Henderson), worn down by exhaustion and anger, banishes him from the dinner table—the first in an unceasing series of maternal rejections. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026 It is aided in its unceasing efforts to gain more power and undermine our institutions and rights by a Congress in which quislings claim a majority. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2026 The welcome is constant, an unceasing parade of treats and niceties that conspire to make a person feel not just greeted, but embraced. — Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2026 According to Yasir Atalan, a CSIR researcher and lead author of the report, the unceasing Shahed raids are primarily designed to exhaust and distract Ukraine’s air defenders. — IEEE Spectrum, 18 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for unceasing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unceasing
  1. continuous
  2. continual
  3. continued
  4. incessant
  5. continuing
  6. nonstop
Adjective
  • The robot immediately responds to the interruption and halts the operation, illustrating Unitree’s focus on continuous human-robot interaction and dynamic task adaptation.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
  • Its large-capacity water tank is ideal for longer ironing sessions, providing up to 30 minutes of continuous steam.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 21 July 2026
Definition of continuous
Adjective
  • The fix gets dismissed as a database bolted onto a chatbot, when continual learning is a fundamentally unsolved machine learning problem.
    — Alexander Kardos-Nyheim, Fortune, 25 July 2026
  • Constant sources of freshwater, continual sources of food waste, and other prey.
    — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
Definition of continual
Adjective
  • Trump has long been one of his most valuable campaign assets, and demonstrating continued influence in Washington matters for Netanyahu, who still hopes to host him in Israel for a pre-election visit.
    — Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
  • Conchs are slow-moving and must find a mate to reproduce, making dense breeding aggregations especially important for their continued survival.
    — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026
Definition of continued
Adjective
  • Many people’s recollections of the 2010 World Cup will be the official anthem Waka Waka, the incessant sound of the vuvuzela, and of Paul the Octopus correctly predicting match outcomes.
    — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • The character loved her son more than anything, as shown with her incessant nagging.
    — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
Definition of incessant
Adjective
  • Officials said overnight enforcement will focus on common and continuing offenses such as commercial vehicles parked in residential areas and permit violations.
    — Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2025
  • State of the labor market Initial weekly unemployment insurance claims have held in a fairly steady range around 220,000, though continuing claims earlier in November had hit their highest level in about three years.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of continuing
Adjective
  • After three years of nearly nonstop construction, the Colorado Department of Transportation's Floyd Hill Project has reached its halfway mark.
    — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • This was in the Nancy Grace era when there was nonstop coverage of missing and murdered white women.
    — Sarah Stillman, The New York Review of Books, 28 July 2026
Definition of nonstop

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