indefatigable
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˌɪndɪˈfætɪɡəbl/
  • (GA) IPA: /ˌɪndəˈfætəɡəbəl/
  • (sometimes proscribed) IPA: /ˌɪndɪfəˈtiɡəbəl/
Adjective

indefatigable

  1. Extremely persistent and untiring.
    Synonyms: inexhaustible, relentless, tireless, unflagging, unsinkable, untiring, unwearying
    Antonyms: defatigable
    • 1704, [Jonathan Swift], “Section I. The Introduction.”, in A Tale of a Tub. […], London: Printed for John Nutt, […], OCLC 752990886 ↗, page 33 ↗:
      Whoever hath an Ambition to be heard in a Crowd, muſt preſs, and ſqueeze, and thruſt, and climb with indefatigable Pains, till he has exalted himſelf to a certain Degree of Altitude above them.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, “Containing Two Letters in Very Different Stiles”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume VI, London: Printed by A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292 ↗, book XVIII, page 196 ↗:
      [...] But he was at the ſame Time an excellent Scholar, and moſt indefatigable in teaching the two Lads.
    • 1895–1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Friday Night”, in The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, published 1898, OCLC 699873 ↗, book I (The Coming of the Martians), pages 54–55 ↗:
      All night long the Martians were hammering and stirring, sleepless, indefatigable, at work upon the machines they were making ready, and ever and again a puff of greenish-white smoke whirled up to the starlit sky.
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