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undiminished en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English diminished English undiminished From un- + diminished.

Meanings

1. Not diminished.
   • But the importance of the railways as main arteries of the national economy remains undimmed, just as their fascination for the railway enthusiast is surely undiminished. 1951 April, D. S. Barrie, “British Railways: A Survey, 1948-1950”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 232:
   • Amid the uncertainty over when (or if) demand for rail travel will return to pre-pandemic levels, Greenwood anticipates that additional government commitments both to reform the rail industry and to decarbonise the network will remain undiminished. 2020 May 20, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Greenwood: Rail projects vital to economic recovery”, in Rail, page 13:
   • Her clothes were unadorned, yet her beauty was undiminished. 2003, Christopher Paolini, “Prologue: Shade of Fear”, in Eragon, page 2:
   • A need that undiminished / Rebukes our slothful ease, 1931 January, Frank Houghton, “The Unfinished Task”, in China’s Millions, volume LVII, number 1, page 6:

Forms

Translations (6)

sv oförminskad (not diminished) · de ungeschmälert (not diminished) · mi tōtōpū (not diminished) · txb aspāwatte (not diminished) · de unvermindert (not diminished) · la illībātus (not diminished)