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UK
/ˌʌnɹɪlˈiːvd/
]
[ US /ˌənɹiˈɫivd/ ]
[ US /ˌənɹiˈɫivd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
not lessened or diminished
unrelieved suffering
How To Use unrelieved In A Sentence
- Refreshed and regowned, again in dark colors unrelieved by any bright embroidery, Aene paced nervously along a subtly lit path towards the Castrea residence.
- Mademoiselle herself looked worthy of her squire, for her dark, animated face stood the test of the unrelieved whiteness so successfully, that she was all ablush with delight at the discovery that she was not an old woman after all, but on occasion could still look as girlish as she felt. Pixie O'Shaughnessy
- The literature on immigration policy is almost unrelievedly critical of the state.
- However, for the 100,000 or so Aborigines (50,000 of them under the age of twenty) who are living mostly in remote or extremely remote communities, the story is one of unrelieved tragedy and horror.
- Dank, damp and almost unrelievedly joyless, the Starz miniseries tells a fictional tale of 12th-century politics and the skullduggery that was supposedly part of it, as knaves and heretics vie for the throne of a mucky, pig-ridden and sparsely populated England. TV preview: 'The Pillars of the Earth'
- At dinner parties, or at house parties with no dancing, or at any occasion where there is no escape from constant, unrelieved social interaction, I can sometimes struggle.
- ‘Biography’ scriptwriters churn out copy that is always simple, straightforward, and unrelievedly vanilla.
- But there was nothing but the unrelieved monotony of dormant fields, no significant growth yet awakened by the spring. THE INNOCENTS AT HOME (A SUPERINTENDENT KENWORTHY NOVEL)
- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality defines a pressure ulcer as a lesion caused by unrelieved pressure resulting in damage to underlying tissue.
- I was not merely celebrating my survival of evensong; I was escaping from the unrelieved stress of the entire day. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS