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Unfaltering

Definition: Unfaltering

Unfaltering

Adjective

1. Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "unfaltering" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1821. (references)

 

Synonyms: Unfaltering

Synonyms: firm (adj), steadfast (adj), steady (adj), unbendable (adj), unshakable (adj), unwavering (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Unfaltering

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Perseverance

Adjective: persevering, constant; steady, steadfast; undeviating, unwavering, unfaltering, unswerving, unflinching, unsleeping, unflagging, undrooping; steady as time; unrelenting,

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Sounds Captioned with "Unfaltering".

PlayCaption
Abiding; certain; changeless; constant; durable; enduring; equable; even; firm; fixed; immovable; never-failing; patterned; regular; reliable; safe; set; solid; stabile; steadfast; steady-going; substantial; sure; unchangeable; unchanging; unfaltering; un.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Unfaltering

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Night approaching, and death also, they waited this double shadow, and yielded unfaltering, to its embrace

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Speeches: Unfaltering

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953We will continue to give unfaltering support to the United Nations and related agencies, and we will continue to search for ways to strengthen their authority and increase their effectiveness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Unfaltering

"Unfaltering" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "Unfaltering" is used about 5 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)60%3202,518
Adjective (general or positive)40%2245,945
                    Total100.00%5N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Unfaltering

Language Translations for "unfaltering"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i vendosur (decided, decisive, determinate, determined, established, firm, fixed, hell-bent, inveterate, nervy, purposeful, resolute, resolved, set, situated, stalwart, stiff, stout, strong, unalterable, unhesitating). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

уверен (assured, certain, confident, positive, reliant, secure, sure, sure footed, unwavering), сигурен (bound, certain, confident, copper-bottomed, dependable, good, infallible, necessary, positive, reliable, responsible, safe, secure, solid, steady, sure, tried, trustworthy, trusty, undoubted, unfailing), решителен (chopping, crisp, decided, decisive, determined, drastic, fateful, flat-footed, heroic, high-spirited, obstinate, peremptory, plucky, plump, point blank, pronounced, purposeful, purposive, resolute, ringing, stable, stalwart, straight out, strong-minded, sturdy, thoroughgoing, trenchant, ultimate, unflinching, unhesitating, utter, winning), твърд (adamant, adamantine, constant, crusty, decided, determined, dogged, fast, firm, flat, flinty, forceful, gritty, hard, hardhearted, immovable, obstinate, persistent, proof, rigid, rock-ribbed, rocky, sclerotic, sclerous, set, solid, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stiff, stout, stringy, strong, sturdy, swerveless, tenacious, tinny, unflinching, unshakable, unshrinking, unswerving, unwavering), непоколебим (determined, firm, immovable, proof, resolute, resolved, set, stanch, unbendable, unconquerable, undaunted, undeviating, unflagging, unshakable, unshaken, unshrinking, unswerving, unwavering). (various references)

   

Czech

  

nezajíkající se. (various references)

   

German

  

unerschütterlich (imperturbable, imperturbably, impregnable, inextinguishable, ingrained, irrepressible, phlegmatic, sturdy, unassailable, unchallengeable, undaunted, undoubting, unflappable, unflinching, unruffled, unshakable, unshaken, unshakenly, unswerving, unwavering, unwaveringly), unbeugsam (grim, indomitable, inflexible, rigid, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unshakable), fest (abiding, attached, banquet, buoyant, buoyantly, carnival, celebration, closely, compact, consistent, constant, continual, continuous, crisp, definite, faithfully, fast, feast, festival, festivity, fete, fexed, firm, firmly, fix, fixated, fixed, gaiety, hard, heavy, immovable, ingrained, junket, lasting, moored, non-varying, party, permanent, permanently, proof, regular, robust, safely, secure, securely, set, settled, solid, solidly, sound, squarely, stable, steadfast, steadily, steady, stiff, stout, stoutly, strong, sturdy, sustained, tight, tighten, tightly, tough, unhesitating, unshrinking, unwavering, unwaveringly), entschlossen (decisive, determined, determinedly, deterministic, energetic, purposeful, purposefully, resolute, resolutely, resolved, set, unflinching). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σταθερόσ (abiding, consistent, constant, equable, firm, fixed, hard, permanent, set, stable, stanch, standard, stationary, staunch, steadfast, steady), ακλόνητοσ (unshakeable, unshaken, unwavering). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

határozott (categorical, decided, decided refusal, definite, determinate, determined, distinct, dogmatic, emphatic, explicit, game, gritty, manly, plump, positive, stalwart, strong-minded, unmoved), habozás nélküli, biztos (certain, certainty, commissioner, dependable, discerning, firm, infallible, positive, secure, snug, steady, sure, trustworthy). (various references)

   

Italian

  

inflessibile (adamant, inflexible, relentless, resolute, rigid, steely, stern, stiff, tough, unbending, unrelenting). (various references)

   

Manx

  

neulhoobagh (formal, inflexible, intractable, rigid, stiff, unbending). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alteringunfay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

que não vacila (unhesitating), firme (compact, consistent, deep-seated, die-hard, fadeless, fast, firm, fixed, hard, inflexible, iron, non-ductile, resolute, set, settled, sober, solid, stable, steadfast, steady, stern, stiff, strong, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, tight, tough, unbending, uncompromising, unfailing, unhesitating, unmoved, unshaken, unshrinking, unswerving, unwavering, unyielding). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

neşovãitor (unflinching, unwavering), hotãrât (adamant, appointed, assertive, categorical, categorically, certain, certainly, dead, decided, definite, definitely, determined, exactly, firm, firmly, flat, flatly, forthright, foursquare, game, gritty, hell-bent, manful, pertinacious, plucky, point blank, positively, purposeful, resolute, resolved, resolvedly, set, stalwart, steadfast, sticky, strong-minded, sturdy, sure, surely, trenchant, unflinching, unflinchingly, unhesitatingly, vigorous), ferm (decidedly, firm, fixed, hard, hard bitten, inflexible, resistant, resolute, resolved, set, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, sturdy, tight, unbending, unflinching, unshaken, unswerving, unwavering, unyielding). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

недрогнувший (unwavering). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

nepokolebljiv (firm, immovable, unshakable, unshaken). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

resuelto (bold, decided, determined, firm, resolute, resolved, single minded, stout, stout hearted, unhesitating, wheeze). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

stadig (established, firm, fixed, foursquare, level headed, secure, settled, staid, steadfast, steady), orubblig (adamant, firm, immovable, impassive, imperturbable, impregnable, inexorable, inflexible, pertinacious, tenacious, unblinking, uncompromising, unflinching, unshakable, unshaken, unswerving, unwavering, unyielding), fast (although, concrete, consistent, firm, firmly, fixed, fixedly, flat, hard and fast, immovable, indissoluble, permanent, permanently, rigid, settled, solid, stuck, sturdy, though, tight, unblinking, unshaken, unwavering). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tereddüdsüz (resolutely, unhesitating, without hesitation), sağlam (able bodied, bankable, bouncing, calculable, cast iron, consolidated, dyed in grain, fast, firm, flat-footed, foolproof, foursquare, gilt-edged, good, granitic, Hale, hard, healthy, hearty, indissoluble, invulnerable, lusty, responsible, rugged, runproof, safe, scatheless, secure, secured, solid, sound, stable, stalwart, stanch, staunch, steady, steely, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, substantive, sure, tough, unshakable, unshaken, valid, whole), kararlı (bent, decided, decisive, determined, dogged, firm, flat-footed, hard core, high pressure, immovable, inflexible, intent, professional, resolute, resolved, set, settled, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, stable, steadfast, strong-minded, strong-willed, undeterred), emin (assured, bailee, certain, clear, cocksure, confident, confidential, deliberate, fiduciary, firm, good, in the bag, proof, reliable, responsible, safe, secure, sound, stanch, staunch, sure, trustworthy, trusty). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

quả quyết không nao núng, không ngập ngừng (bone), không lung lay, không do dự (decided). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Unfaltering

Derivations

Words beginning with "unfaltering": unfalteringly. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Unfaltering" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unaltering, unfaultering. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Unfaltering

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-f-g-i-l-n-n-r-t-u"

-2 letters: faltering, featuring, flauntier, flaunting, granulite, reflating, ultrafine.

-3 letters: alerting, altering, auntlier, faultier, faulting, feruling, figurant, figurate, filature, finagler, flaunter, fraulein, fruitage, gantline, grateful, gunflint, infernal, inflater, influent, infrugal, integral, internal, latening, learning, ligature, refuting, relating, retinula, retuning, tanglier, tenurial, trainful, triangle, ungenial, unlearnt, untangle.

-4 letters: aginner, aligner, alunite, aneling, aneurin, anguine, annulet, anteing.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-f-g-i-l-n-n-r-t-u"
 

+1 letter: unflattering.

 

+2 letters: unfalteringly.

 

+3 letters: unflatteringly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Sounds
4. Quotations: Fiction
5. Quotations: Speeches
6. Usage Frequency
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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