unintermitted

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   continuing without interruption or pause; ceaseless

   The observers maintained an unintermitted watch throughout the night.

Formed from un-, 'not,' and intermitted, the past participle of intermit. Intermit comes from Latin intermittere, 'to leave off between times,' from inter-, 'between,' and mittere, 'to send or let go.'

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