unrelenting
adjective
un·re·lent·ing
ˌən-ri-ˈlen-tiŋ 
2
: not letting up or weakening in vigor or pace : constant
the unrelenting struggle
Synonyms
- adamant
- adamantine
- bullheaded
- dogged
- hard
- hard-nosed
- hardened
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- immovable
- implacable
- inconvincible
- inflexible
- intransigent
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- opinionated
- ossified
- pat
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- self-opinionated
- self-willed
- stiff-necked
- stubborn
- unbending
- uncompromising
- unyielding
- willful
- wilful
Examples of unrelenting in a Sentence
that professor tends to be unrelenting about deadlines
unrelenting in the pursuit of equality for all races
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Seth Cropsey, National Review, 14 Feb. 2025
What’s more, traffic in the Thailand capital, Bangkok, can be notoriously unrelenting!
—Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
The near-instant acceleration feels unrelenting and unlimited, sensations made more surreal by the accompaniment of relative silence.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2025
Regions like northeastern Brazil, one of the world’s notable cocoa-producing areas, are grappling with increasing aridity – a slow, yet unrelenting drying of the land.
—Narcisa Pricope, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Unrelenting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unrelenting. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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unrelenting
adjective
un·re·lent·ing
ˌən-ri-ˈlent-iŋ
2
: not letting up or weakening in energy or pace
our unrelenting struggle for freedom
unrelentingly
adverb
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