"unflagging" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-us-unflagging.ogg [US] Forms: more unflagging [comparative], most unflagging [superlative]
Etymology: un- + flagging Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|flagging}} un- + flagging Head templates: {{en-adj}} unflagging (comparative more unflagging, superlative most unflagging)
  1. Never tiring or lacking energy; without rest; without slowing. Synonyms: inexhaustible, tireless, untiring, unwearying, indefatigable Translations (never seeming to tire, always seeming to have energy to do things): неуморен (neumoren) (Bulgarian), pikoni (Maori), pūtohe (Maori), neobosit (Romanian), неослабний (neoslabnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), невтомний (nevtomnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-unflagging-en-adj-0GN1bU7x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-

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