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relentless
What does relentless mean?
relentless (adjective): unrelenting or unyielding in severity.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use relentless in a sentence?
- The mosquitoes were relentless. (Tatoeba sentence #11254618 by Amastan, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce relentless?
/ɹɪˈlɛntlɪs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does relentless come from?
From relent + -less.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “relentless” mean?
hard, not easy, requiring much effort
Not quite: that's what difficult means.
unrelenting or unyielding in severity
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belonging to one by birth or ancestry
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recently made, produced, or harvested
Not quite: that's what fresh means.
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