unhesitating

adjective

Definition of unhesitatingnext
as in unfaltering

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Recent Examples of unhesitating That legacy also lives on through Hugs From Hadley, a nonprofit founded by Doug Hanna to honor their daughter's unhesitating love for people. — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 3 July 2026 The film doesn’t idealize the president as a man of unhesitating certainties. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025 Proulx is an unhesitating observer of people and places, neither idealizing nor villainizing, but her acuity depends on a certain distance. — Michelle Nijhuis, The New York Review of Books, 30 Mar. 2023 Not simply your toleration, but your moral assent and your unhesitating affirmation. — John Hirschauer, National Review, 14 Oct. 2019 The acceleration is unhesitating and rewarding, but there is much droning in the cabin at highway speeds. — Mark Maynard, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2019 Harmon offered an unhesitating apology for abusing his power. — Sean O'Neal, GQ, 30 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhesitating
  1. unfaltering
  2. unwavering
  3. insistent
  4. resistant
  5. persistent
  6. tenacious
  7. resolute
  8. pertinacious
Adjective
  • His flow is fierce and unfaltering, while the choreography is kinetic and intense.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Much of this might have been formulaic in less artful hands, but Kore-eda has an unfaltering lightness of touch, a way of injecting emotional veracity and spontaneity into every moment.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2022
Definition of unfaltering
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, Lowry, 61, has kept his mental health sharp through his unwavering faith and consistent workouts.
    — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Throughout this challenging period, our faith in truth, fairness and the rule of law remained unwavering.
    — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of unwavering
Adjective
  • But by the time Isla was 15 months, Jacalyn had grown more insistent.
    — Brad Quick, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
  • As Cusk has become more disdainful of fiction and more insistent on the documentary function of art, her work has become vaguer and less concrete, fading like old ink into blurred indeterminacy.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of insistent
Adjective
  • The phone has a fingerprint-resistant finish, which is a relief for anyone who can't stand smudges.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026
  • There remains a common misconception that family businesses are resistant to change.
    — Jack Hayes, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of resistant
Adjective
  • Why recruiting became political The Pentagon is emerging from the yearslong recruiting slump that followed the COVID-19 pandemic, easing one of the military's most persistent political headaches that drew bipartisan anxiety on Capitol Hill.
    — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • There is also persistent friction between Arab and Kurdish communities in the northeast of the country, and the government has had to respond to pockets of violence against the religious Alawite minority along Syria’s coast.
    — Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of persistent
Adjective
  • Flies are tenacious insects constantly in a relentless search for sustenance.
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Against the odds, Afghan women have built a tenacious resistance movement, inside and outside the country, that is working to alleviate conditions and provide opportunities, however limited, for women and girls.
    — Rina Amiri, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of tenacious
Adjective
  • Still, co-founder and CEO Adam Taubenfligel remains resolute.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • That approach has totted up 38 unbeaten matches and created a resolute backline – another key trait of almost all World Cup winners – through pragmatism-by-possession.
    — Chris Evans, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of resolute
Adjective
  • But Kerry, the pertinacious diplomat and former Massachusetts senator, sees too much to do — and insisted in an interview with The Boston Globe there is too much to possibly achieve — to quit just yet.
    — Jess Bidgood, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2023
Definition of pertinacious

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“Unhesitating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhesitating. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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