Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unremittant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-remit-tant
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of unremittent.

Example Sentences

"Mr. Seward had the capacity for hard and unremittant labor."
"For example, T.P. Flanigan, H. Grube, M. Milano and colleagues in Rhode Island, USA (personal communication) have treated a person with AIDS and unremittant cryptosporidiosis with combined antiviral drugs including a protease inhibitor, resulting in apparent cure of the cryptosporidiosis."
"The Thing obviously serves as a symbolic representation of the war, its destruction of normal family life, its unremittant slaughter."

Etymology

From un- + remittant.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

more unremittant (comparative) most unremittant (superlative)

Questions

What does unremittant mean?: Alternative form of unremittent.
Where does unremittant come from?: From un- + remittant.

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