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unrelieved

re·lieve
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ri-leev]
    • /rɪˈliv/
    • /ˌʌn.rɪˈliːvd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ri-leev]
    • /rɪˈliv/

Definitions of unrelieved word

  • verb with object unrelieved to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.). 1
  • verb with object unrelieved to free from anxiety, fear, pain, etc. 1
  • verb with object unrelieved to free from need, poverty, etc. 1
  • verb with object unrelieved to bring effective aid to (a besieged town, military position, etc.). 1
  • verb with object unrelieved to ease (a person) of any burden, wrong, or oppression, as by legal means. 1
  • verb with object unrelieved to reduce (a pressure, load, weight, etc., on a device or object under stress): to relieve the steam pressure; to relieve the stress on the supporting walls. 1
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Origin of unrelieved

First appearance:

before 1300
One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English releven < Middle French relever to raise < Latin relevāre to reduce the load of, lighten, equivalent to re- re- + levāre to raise, derivative of levis light in weight

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Parts of speech for Unrelieved

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Unrelieved

unrelieved popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for unrelieved

adj unrelieved

  • all out — not at one's home or place of employment; absent: I stopped by to visit you last night, but you were out.
  • all-fired — excessive; extreme
  • banausic — merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian
  • boresome — boring or uninteresting
  • collinear — lying on the same straight line

adjective unrelieved

  • enervative — Causing enervation.
  • nowhere — in or at no place; not anywhere: The missing pen was nowhere to be found.
  • yawner — a person who yawns.
All 17 Synonyms of unrelieved

Related words

  • blank

    Something that is blank has nothing on it.

  • dead weight

    A dead weight is a load which is surprisingly heavy and difficult to lift.

  • lugubrious

    mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.

  • panglossian

    characterized by or given to extreme optimism, especially in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.

  • unmitigated

    not mitigated; not softened or lessened: unmitigated suffering.
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