unrelievedadjective [ usually before noun ]
uk/ˌʌn.rɪˈliːvd/us/ˌʌn.rɪˈliːvd/formalWhen a bad situation or emotion is unrelieved, it is continuous and never improves, not even for a short period:
She held the family together through years of unrelieved poverty.
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Continuous & permanent
- abiding
- ad infinitum
- around-the-clock
- be
- bounce
- ceaseless
- chronic
- fluidity
- here to stay idiom
- immanent
- imperishable
- incessant
- indelible
- nagging
- perpetuity
- persistence
- persistent
- round-the-clock
- seamless
- trot
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unrelievedly
adverb uk/ˌʌn.rɪˈliː.vɪd.li/us/ˌʌn.rɪˈliː.vɪd.li/