Meaning & use
unbated
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Not diminished or blunted; at full force or intensity.
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He pursued the goal with unbated determination despite every setback.
The storm continued with unbated fury throughout the night.
A note on using this word
Unbated appears famously in Shakespeare's Hamlet ('unbated and envenomed'), where it described a fencing foil that had not been blunted for safety.
Words with a similar meaning
unabatedundiminished
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Words with an opposite meaning
diminishedweakened
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