unslackenedadj.
(un- prefix1 2.)
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the world > life > the body > loose or stiff condition > [adjective]
leathwakec1000
lithebyc1000
starka1275
stiffc1305
standing1340
bainc1440
waldinc1485
resolveda1500
supplea1500
lash1513
limber1582
sagging1599
laxed1623
unslakeda1625
laxated1652
springy1674
gangling1764
lithesome1768
swack1768
unslackened1770
lissoma1800
wandle1803
loose-limbed1823
loose1846
unslacked1848
saggy1853
loose-jointed1859
loose-hung1869
gangly1871
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > decreased > not
unminished1529
undiminished1587
unbated1600
unabateda1625
unweakened1648
unlessened1651
unreduced1781
undeadened1813
undilapidated1830
unslackened1844
unemasculated1888
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
1770 R. Glover Leonidas (ed. 5) I. vi. 418 They well may keep the field, Who with unslaken'd [1772 unslacken'd] nerves endur'd that day.
1844 E. B. Browning Patience in Sonn. 7 Ocean girds Unslackened the dry land.
1870 Daily News 23 Apr. He drove down a narrow road..followed by the waggon and horses with unslackened speed.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right III. xlii. 266 Still the quartz-crushing machine..went thundering on..unchecked, unslackened.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.1770