tireless

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

(intransitive) tire + -less

Adjective

tireless (not comparable)

1. Indefatigable, untiring and not yielding to fatigue
   • 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport‎:

     James Milner's angled free-kick was headed on to the post by the tireless Bent and Lampard the opportunist was perfectly placed to stoop and head in from virtually on the goal-line.

Synonyms

• untiring, weariless

Derived terms

• tirelessly
• tirelessness

Translations

indefatigable

Armenian: անդուլ (hy) (andul) Azerbaijani: yorulmaz (az) Bulgarian: неуморен (bg) (neumoren) Catalan: incansable (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 不倦 (zh) (bùjuàn), 不知疲倦的 (bùzhī píjuàn de) Dutch: onvermoeibaar (nl) Esperanto: nelacigebla Finnish: väsymätön (fi), uupumaton French: inlassable (fr) Galician: incansable (gl), incansábel (gl) German: unermüdlich (de) Greek: ακούραστος (el) (akoúrastos) Ancient: ἀκάματος (akámatos) Italian: instancabile (it) Japanese: 疲れを知らない (つかれをしらない, tsukare o shiranai) Macedonian: неу́морен m (neúmoren), безу́морен m (bezúmoren) Polish: niestrudzony (pl), niezmordowany (pl) Portuguese: incansável (pt) Russian: неутоми́мый (ru) (neutomímyj), неуста́нный (ru) (neustánnyj), безуста́нный (ru) (bezustánnyj) Sanskrit: अरमति (sa) f (aramati) Spanish: incansable (es), infatigable (es) Tocharian B: ekwalatte Turkish: yorulmak bilmeyen Ukrainian: невто́мний (nevtómnyj)

Etymology 2

From tire +‎ -less.

Adjective

tireless (not comparable)

1. (American spelling) Without a tire (wheel covering); tyreless.

Anagrams

• Leisters, leisters, riteless