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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Retaining color, freshness, value, or usefulness.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not liable to lose strength or freshness of coloring.
- Not liable to wither or decay.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective not losing color or value.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of an imaginary flower that never fades
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Examples
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Although no beam of light can approach the precious jewel, yet it shineth still in unfading beauty -- a child of the heavenly light, which it faithfully treasures up within its own bosom!
A Manual of Etiquette with Hints on Politeness and Good Breeding Sophia Orne 1873
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Armchair conquistadors rejoice, because the expansion adds a new area called Amaranthine -- a word that means "undying" or "unfading" -- and invites you to probe the origins of the original game's diabolic darkspawn.
Netflash 2010
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Armchair conquistadors rejoice, because the expansion adds a new area called Amaranthine -- a word that means "undying" or "unfading" -- and invites you to probe the origins of the original game's diabolic darkspawn.
Computerworld News 2010
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Top Indian actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, in an interview to The News, recalled unfading memories of his eight-year association with the former Pakistani President, General Ziaul Haq.
Bloggers.Pakistan 2009
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For months Amara, Greek for unfading, eternal, has been trying to decide how to leave and where to go.
A Far-Off Place Alisen Eiland 2011
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* Illumine the eyes of my heart, * you who once gave birth to the unfading Light * Who illumines the ends of the earth * through the fiery sign of His judgment.
"Lent is the sacramental expression of the brief life we live here..." 2009
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Earlier this year today's Chester auctioneers sold the boots apparently worn by Sir Stanley Matthews in his unfading 1953 FA Cup final for £38,400, while his medal was sold by Sotheby's in 2001 for £23,500 to the Stoke City buff and television presenter Nick Hancock, which still seems a bargain.
Tears for souvenirs as Best and Stiles memorabilia go up for auction Frank Keating 2010
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* Illumine the eyes of my heart, * you who once gave birth to the unfading Light * Who illumines the ends of the earth * through the fiery sign of His judgment.
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Norman Mailer described life at the mansion as "outward-bound and timeless", and indeed Hefner seems to float in an airbrushed dream space, an unfading caricature of his former self.
Hugh Hefner in six volumes Christopher Turner 2010
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Take this road for the remission of your sins, assured of the unfading glory of the kingdom of heaven. '
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Words with the same meaning
- abiding
- age-long
- aged
- amaranthine
- ancient
- antique
- changeless
- chronic
- colorfast
- constant
- continuing
- deathless
- deep-dyed
- diuturnal
- double-dyed
- durable
- dyed-in-the-wool
- embalmed
- enduring
- ever-fresh
- evergreen
- everlasting
- fadeless
- fast
- firm
- fixed
- frozen
- hardy
- immarcescible
- immobile
- immortal
- immutable
- imperishable
- incorruptible
- indelible
- ingrain
- ingrained
- intact
- intransient
- inveterate
- inviolate
- lasting
- long-lasting
- long-lived
- long-standing
- long-term
- longeval
- longevous
- macrobiotic
- never-dying
- of long duration
- of long standing
- perdurable
- perduring
- perennial
- permanent
- perpetual
- persistent
- persisting
- quiescent
- remaining
- rigid
- sempervirent
- solid
- stable
- static
- stationary
- staying
- steadfast
- sustained
- torpid
- tough
- unaltered
- unchangeable
- unchanged
- unchanging
- unchecked
- undestroyed
- undying
- unfailing
- unshifting
- unvaried
- unvarying
- vital
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