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UNDIMINISHED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does undiminished mean?
• UNDIMINISHED (adjective)
The adjective UNDIMINISHED has 1 sense:
1. not lessened or diminished
Familiarity information: UNDIMINISHED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not lessened or diminished
Synonyms:
undiminished; unrelieved
Context example:
unrelieved suffering
Similar:
unmitigated (not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier)
Context examples
Mrs. Bennet rejoiced to see Jane in undiminished beauty; and more than once during dinner did Mr. Bennet say voluntarily to Elizabeth: I am glad you are come back, Lizzy.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
From fire to oil was a natural transition for burned fingers, and Amy fell to painting with undiminished ardor.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
In Western Europe, only small areas of night sky remain relatively undiminished, mainly in Scotland, Sweden and Norway.
(Milky Way now hidden from a third of humanity, NOAA)
I inclined my head, without knowing what she meant; and she said, Come here! again; and returned, followed by the respectable Mr. Littimer, who, with undiminished respectability, made me a bow, and took up his position behind her.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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