ceaseless

adjective

cease·​less ˈsēs-ləs How to pronounce ceaseless (audio)
: continuing without cease : constant
ceaseless efforts
ceaselessly adverb
ceaselessness noun

Examples of ceaseless in a Sentence

her ceaseless efforts to build and improve the business there has been ceaseless rain for three days
Recent Examples on the Web Her chronicle of those fictions couldn’t feel truer, though: ceaseless spreadsheets, dehumanizing dronework, an endless sea of middle managers failing upward. Longreads, 30 Aug. 2024 Along the margin dividing the day- and nightsides—the only place with a tolerable climate—a ceaseless wind blows and the star hangs on the horizon, in perpetual sunset. Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 20 June 2024 Other times, though, silver can be proof of internal precious metal, a just reward for an unflinching athlete not expected to ascend the podium because their journey was pocked by ceaseless obstacles. Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024 Red and blue Milwaukee spent decades reliably spinning apart, spurred by white flight and racial segregation and political sorting and ceaseless battleground competition and sky-high levels of political engagement and mobilization. Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for ceaseless 

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Word History

First Known Use

1576, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ceaseless was in 1576

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“Ceaseless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ceaseless. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.

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ceaseless

adjective
cease·​less ˈsēs-ləs How to pronounce ceaseless (audio)
ceaselessly adverb
ceaselessness noun

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