miss-, mis-, -miss, -mis, mit-, mitt-, -mit, -mitt

(Latin: to send, to let go, to cause to go; to throw, to hurl, to cast)

Don't confuse this miss-, -mis unit with the following units: mis-, "bad, wrong"; miso-, mis-, "hate, hatred"; misc- "mix, mingle".

unremitting (adjective), more unremitting, most unremitting
1. Referring to something which is continuous and relentless: Sam was looking out of his window at the unremitting rain storm.
2. Etymology: from Latin un, "not" + re, "back" + mittere, "to send".
A reference to never relaxing or stopping.
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