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Definition: Undiminished |
UndiminishedAdjective1. Not lessened or diminished; "unrelieved suffering". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "undiminished" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Synonym: UndiminishedSynonym: unrelieved (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Greatness | Undiminished, unabated, unreduced, unrestricted. |
Increase | Adjective: increased; Verb: on the increase, undiminished; additional; (added). |
Whole | Unbroken, intact, uncut, undivided, unsevered, unclipped, uncropped, unshorn; seamless; undiminished; undemolished, undissolved, undestroyed, unbruised. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Undiminished |
| English words defined with "undiminished": entire ♦ intact, integral ♦ Keeper of a magnet ♦ Unfalcated. (references) |
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Political Economy | Ukraine | However, both countries quickly confirmed their intent to continue undiminished regular working contacts and programs in the three main areas of trade, investment and economic reform; foreign policy and defense; and law enforcement. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | In whatever belongs to my duty you shall have all the cooperation which an undiminished zeal for its welfare can inspire. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | With an undiminished confidence in the sincere desire of His Britannic Majesty's Government to adjust that question, I am not yet in possession of the precise grounds upon which it proposes a satisfactory adjustment. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Undiminished" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Undiminished" is used about 66 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 66 | 41,290 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "undiminished"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 未衰减. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vähentymätön (unabated, unabating, undiminishing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ungeschmälert. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αμείωτοσ (irreducible, unabated, unfailing, unflagging, unimpaired), αδιάπτωτοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iminishedunday neumanjen, nesmanjen (unabated, unmodified). (various references) oförminskad (unabated, unimpaired, unmitigated, unrelenting). (various references) eksilmemiş, azalmamış. (various references) không giảm (unallayed, unmodified), không bớt (unallayed, unrelenting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | inconsumptus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Undiminished" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: undemolished. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "undiminished" (pronounced u'ndumi"nisht) |
| 8 | -d u m i" n i sh t | diminished. |
| 5 | -i" n i sh t | finished, refinished, semifinished, unfinished. |
| 4 | -n i sh t | admonished, astonished, banished, garnished, punished, replenished, unpunished, unvarnished, vanished, varnished. |
| 3 | -i sh t | accomplished, anguished, blemished, brandished, demolished, distinguished, embellished, established, extinguished, flourished, impoverished, languished, lavished, nourished, perished, polished, published, reestablished, refurbished, relinquished, relished, undistinguished, unpublished, vanquished. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-h-i-i-i-m-n-n-s-u" | |
-2 letters: diminished. | |
-4 letters: diminish, minished, minuends, mueddins, shinnied. | |
-5 letters: hinnied, hinnies, indiums, inhumed, inhumes, middens, middies, minnies, minuend, muddies, mueddin, shinned, shunned, undines, unmined. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 64 69 6D 69 6E 69 73 68 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. -.. .. -- .. -. .. ... .... . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01100100 01101001 01101101 01101001 01101110 01101001 01110011 01101000 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n d i m i n i s h e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0064 0069 006D 0069 006E 0069 0073 0068 0065 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)558070757975807585747170 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Quotations: Speeches 7. Usage Frequency 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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