unweariedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈwɪərɪd/, U.S. /ˌənˈwɪrid/ a. Of persons, things, etc.: Not wearied, tired, or tired out; also, never becoming weary; indefatigable.
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the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [adjective]
unwearyc893
unwearieda1240
perseverant1340
continuing1393
persevering?a1425
importunate1477
infatigable?1510
unfatigablec1550
persisting1552
unweariable1561
holdfast1567
indefatigable1586
patient1590
faintless1593
untired1597
untired1600
assidual1605
unrelenting1606
persistive1609
unwearyinga1614
hard1615
indefesse1621
constant1639
assiduous1660
dogged1700
unremitting1730
inexhaustible1762
unremitted1774
untiring1823
persistent1830
sleuth1864
tug-like1890
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > capable of being wearied or exhausted > not weary or able to be wearied
unwearyc893
unwearieda1240
wearilessc1430
long-breatheda1513
unfulyeit?a1513
unfouled1535
indefatigable1586
entire1590
untired1597
tireless1605
untirable1607
unwearyinga1614
unwappereda1625
undefatigable1630
unfatigued1705
unfaltering1727
unworn1759
unfatiguable1799
unfatiguing1808
undrooping1814
fatigueless1818
untiring1859
unflagging1860
a1240 Sawles Warde in Old Eng. Hom. I. 261 Þe oðre..iblescede gastes þe beoð a biuore godd..ant singeð a un~werȝed.
a1400–50 Alexander 3622 Þe pepill..ware petusly woundid Of Olifauntis..; All at vnweried a-way wynnes in þe stoundis Durst neuir his face to his faes eft on fold bide.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxljv The vnweried chieftain & manly warrior.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 291 The best conditiond and vnwearied spirit in dooing curtesies. View more context for this quotation
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 27 They intreated me to come vp in the Caroch, but I..would not, replying..my body [was] vnwearied.
a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1693) I. 472 The Soul that is most active, and unwearied in Sin.
1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 313 We might spend whole Years unwearied in the Examination of them.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xviii. 293 The sun, Unwearied minister of light.
1816 J. Wilson City of Plague ii. ii. 79 The fairy..On plumes unwearied..floateth still.
1818 H. H. Milman Samor viii. 95 If yet this heart unwearied may bear on.
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 10 The unwearied and disinterested seeker after truth.
b. Of qualities, actions, conditions, etc.: Marked by absence of abatement; unremitting.
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the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [adjective] > of actions or qualities
inextinguible1412
inextinguishable1509
assiduatea1513
assiduousa1552
unwearied1561
unweariable1571
assidual1622
inextinct1623
unrelented1651
inextinguished1746
unrelaxed1825
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 8v He..cesseth not to shewe hys vnweried bountifulnesse vpon miserable sinners.
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. iii. 53 [The sun] as a Giant doth runne his vnwearied course.
1625 T. Godwin Moses & Aaron A2b An unwearied assiduity in perusing those sacred Oracles.
1678 H. Vaughan Thalia Rediviva 64 The Wisdom of the Bee, And her unwearied Industry.
1704 J. Trapp Abra-Mule ii. i. 367 Had not my Care, My vigilant, unweary'd Diligence Still balk'd..the Visier's Conduct.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. ii. iii. 180 The ludicrous mixture of groupes, kept her attention unwearied.
1820 W. Scott Monastery I. vi. 192 The active and unwearied exercise of his sharp and piercing intellect.
1861 R. C. Trench Comm. Epist. 7 Churches Asia 69 The unwearied activity of Christ in his Church.
1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) II. xxx. 259 Bond..languidly thanked him for his faithful and unwearied exertions.
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