[ adj ] uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing <adj.all> the ceaseless thunder of surfin constant pain night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city the never-ending search for happiness the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation unremitting demands of hunger
Incessant \In*ces"sant\, a. [L. incessans, -antis; pref. in- not + cessare to cease: cf. F. incessant. See {Cease}.] Continuing or following without interruption; unceasing; unitermitted; uninterrupted; continual; as, incessant clamors; incessant pain, etc.
Against the castle gate, . . . Which with incessant force and endless hate, They batter'd day and night and entrance did await. --Spenser.
Most PACs would then fade away; the majority are just bank accounts for Washington lobbyists who are weary of lawmakers' incessant demands for money.
Back home he had had his youthful flings with women - see Werther - but this affair was strictly platonic, taking the form of incessant letter-writing though the two parties lived within walking-distance of each other.
When Boeing announced it had put de Havilland on the block in July 1990, analysts welcomed the news because the commuter airplane subsidiary has been an incessant financial drain on its Seattle parent.
Drug terrorists have retaliated with incessant attacks on property belonging to the government and the Colombian establishment, especially in Medellin, where their cartel is based.
That, in turn, should put a damper on the incessant talk of drafting Mario Cuomo into the Democratic race _ and increase the odds that Cuomo will lend his support.
'London's Brilliant Parade' is hardly going to start the revolution. The fluency of his playing, guitar still pointed resolutely earthwards, voice as challengingly bitter as ever, is subverted by the incessant speed and noise.
At the parish level, however, there is frequent and serious complaint of obstacles to religious instruction, censorship of the Catholic press and an incessant campaign against church wealth and influence in the official Polish press.
"What has probably been the most frustrating part of the first year has been the incessant comparison to FNN as if what we were about was launching a new financial service," Rogers says.
The skill is that purile jokes - 'I bought a de-caffeinated coffee table' - are easily swallowed in the incessant flow, and that there is a sinister undertow which keeps you hooked.
Mrs Kowalewska stresses that 'you will never find a spelling mistake or typographical error in our books'. High production quality is a necessary defence for Mrs Kowalewska, who must counter the soft but incessant grumbling of Polish intellectuals.