unswerving
pronunciation
How to pronounce unswerving in British English:
UK [ʌnˈswɜ:vɪŋ]
How to pronounce unswerving in American English:
US [ʌnˈswɜrvɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside
- firm and dependable especially in loyalty
Word Origin
- unswerving (adj.)
- 1690s, from un- (1) "not" + present participle of swerve (v.).
Example
- 1. Dear guests , ladies and gentlemen , it is our unswerving goal to amalgamate into the world and to accelerate our development .
- 2. While the makeup of the board more or less mirrored the financial power-structure that had been present at the fed 's critical founding meeting at jekyll island , it could scarcely guarantee unswerving morgan control of the nation 's banking system .
- 3. The politburo ( whose 25 members , amazingly , do not include the ministers responsible for finance and commerce ) also struck a hawkish note on the eve of the conference , promising to remain " unswerving " in its campaign against property-market speculation .
- 4. A great career needs unswerving spirit .
- 5. In becoming the world 's richest man , mr gates 's unswerving self-belief has repeatedly been punctuated by that sort of pragmatism .