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unintermittent en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + intermittent.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not intermittent.
    • The dust-storms have been not merely unintermittent, but of a frightful character, even for North China. Within the past two or three weeks they have taken the form of violent winds, each of which at sea would almost make a young typhoon. In the Hengshui district we hear that the roof of a theatrical pavilion was blown for miles, and that two children were blown away, one killed, and the other never heard of. 1891 May 29, “Western Shantung”, in North-China Herald, volume XLVI, number 1243, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 662, column 2: