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ceaseless

[ sees-lis ]

/ ˈsis lɪs /

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adjective

without stop or pause; unending; incessant.

Origin of ceaseless

First recorded in 1580–90; cease + -less

SYNONYMS FOR ceaseless

endless, continuous, constant, unceasing.

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OTHER WORDS FROM ceaseless

cease·less·ly, adverb cease·less·ness, noun

Words nearby ceaseless

cease, cease and desist, cease-and-desist order, cease-fire, ceasefire, ceaseless, ceauşescu, cebu, cebú, cec, cecal

Example sentences from the Web for ceaseless

The work is ceaseless and routine to the point of tedium—and almost half of primary-care physicians are burnt out.

Nurse Practitioners Playing Doctor More Often |Daniela Drake |May 27, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
So what should one do about this ceaseless propaganda campaign against Venezuela?

The World According to Sean Penn |Michael Moynihan |December 28, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Once I turned on my recorder, Schwarzenegger was off on a ceaseless monologue, touting his book like a sideshow barker.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Comes Clean |Laurence Leamer |September 30, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
He looked up in wonderment and heard the ceaseless noise of frenzy.

The Greatest Football Player That Never Was |Buzz Bissinger |February 10, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

But its ceaseless repetition shows how much money is at stake, and available, to buy our votes.

The Psychological Strategy of the Tiger Ad and Why It Will Backfire |Adam Hanft |April 9, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
In the background marched in ceaseless procession an irregular file of men.

McAllister and His Double |Arthur Train
She listened to the ceaseless chatter in the dressing-room with a happy smile.

Highacres |Jane Abbott
In the pale sky overhead, there were ceaseless gleams and flashes of light as the spinning meteor-swarm reflected the sunlight.

The World with a Thousand Moons |Edmond Hamilton
Never very robust, she still exercised what strength she had in a ceaseless round of sweeping and dusting.

The Brass Bound Box |Evelyn Raymond
Then the war-engines were set up "which poured by day and by night a ceaseless hailstorm of stones upon the walls and city."

The Story of the Crusades |E. M. Wilmot-Buxton

British Dictionary definitions for ceaseless

ceaseless

/ (ˈsiːslɪs) /

adjective

without stop or pause; incessant

Derived forms of ceaseless

ceaselessly, adverb