remitless

English

Etymology

remit +‎ -less

Adjective

remitless (not comparable)

  1. Without remit or letup.
    • 1855, Ezra Sampson, The Brief Remarker on the Ways of Man, page 73:
      Who, in spite of feebleness of frame, foregoes sleep, and patiently endures a course of remitless watchings of incredible length ?
    • 1974, Ian M. G. Quimby, Polly Anne Earl, Technological Innovation and the Decorative Arts:
      "Every way considered," he confided to a friend, "there are customs and habits so interwoven with the very fibers of things as in some respects to be almost hopelessly remitless."
    • 1991, Seth Morgan, Homeboy, page 224:
      Joe only hoped the remitless heat wasn't driving him stir crazy.

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