Vocabulary

Incessant

English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.

English meaning
(of something regarded as unpleasant) continuing without pause or interruption.
Urdu meaning
لگاتار، مسلسل، دائمی
Example sentences (from Dawn)

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  1. Over 70 per cent of Gaza`s built structures lie flattened by incessant bombardment and ground assaults.
  2. Their failures have shaped a culture of impunity whereby journalists are hounded by incessant threats and attacks.
  3. There is little understanding of how incessant road-building, luxury hotels and other `developmental` interventions are causing irreversible damage to the region`s highly vulnerable ecologies.
  4. I WIS in India have endured incessant scrutiny of i hei r nationalism.
  5. As permanent glacier melt and incessant tourist-centric development triggers increasingly ecological breakdown events, GB`s youth are also likely to become more radicalised against what is seen as colonial state policy.
Synonyms
ceaseless, unceasing, constant, continual, unabating, interminable, endless.

Antonyms
intermittent, occasional
Curator example
“the incessant beat of the music”

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