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
  • Roberts has maintained unwavering trust in Ohtani and believes his bat will come to life as the Dodgers' bid for a third consecutive World Series championship continues.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • More than just loving, God is unwavering, eternal Love itself.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of unwavering
Adjective
  • Del Toro was insistent that the texture and grain of the original movie, which was shot on film, remain.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026
  • In 2016, Senator Bernie Sanders shocked the Democratic establishment by running a close race against Hillary Clinton for the Party’s Presidential nomination, thanks to his insistent focus on income and wealth inequality.
    — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of insistent
Adjective
  • Also, cases of drug-resistant shillegosis are on the rise in the United States, the CDC said.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • These Baumol sectors—healthcare, education, public administration, construction—account for roughly 50% of advanced-economy GDP and remain stubbornly resistant to technological transformation.
    — Ming Lu, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of resistant
Adjective
  • Symptoms usually affect one breast and can include discoloration, a persistent rash, swelling, warmth, skin that looks pitted like an orange peel and a nipple that turns inward, according to the National Cancer Institute.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Cadillac has endured some persistent reliability issues and needs to surmount them.
    — Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of persistent
Adjective
  • Cook rushed for 111 yards before his latest fumbling woes for the Bills, while Allen got more than 100 of his yards rushing on scrambles, repeatedly escaping the pocket and rendering useless the Rams’ tenacious secondary coverage.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Pollock was not afraid of strong women and Lee Krasner was one of the most courageous, outspoken, and tenacious women any man might have chosen.
    — Barbara Rose, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of tenacious
Adjective
  • Moreover, merely establishing credibility to act cannot necessarily overwhelm a resolute adversary, as has been borne out in Iran.
    — Christopher Nichols, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026
  • According to biographer Anne Sebba, Simpson’s answer was resolute.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 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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