unrecedingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈsiːdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈsidɪŋ/ Not receding.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > [adjective] > continuous or without stop or pause (of action) > unremitting
dreichc1400
unrespited1593
unslacked1593
unremitteda1630
unrelented1651
unremitting1668
unflagging1715
unrelaxing1715
unbating1744
unslackening1768
unabatinga1774
unremittent1776
unreceding1810
irremissive1817
remitless1818
unrelaxed1825
unslackened1870
bateless1886
1810 J. Porter Sc. Chiefs III. viii. 183 Why then this unreceding determination to invade us?
1881 Scribner's Monthly 22 810 A steady and unreceding advance.
1932 Daily News (Perth, W. Austral.) 29 Oct. 10/5 When gold is in the air parties surge through Alice Springs on an unreceding tide.
2011 Guardian (Nexis) 8 Jan. (Review section) 8 The unreceding tsunami of tendentious modern guides to ‘correct’ English.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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