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endless

end·less

UK/ˈɛndlɪs/ US/ˈɛndləs/ fairly common

adjective

1.

tiresomely long; seemingly without end

  • “endless debates”
  • “an endless conversation”
  • “the wait seemed eternal”
  • “eternal quarreling”
  • “an interminable sermon”
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2.

infinitely great in number

  • “endless waves”
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3.

having no known beginning and presumably no end

  • “the dateless rise and fall of the tides”
  • “time is endless”
  • “sempiternal truth”
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4.

having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole

  • “an endless chain”
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5.

occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted

  • “a child”
  • “;”
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Origin

From Middle English endeles, from Old English endelēas (“endless”), from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz (“endless”), equivalent to end + -less.

Phrases

  • endless belt
  • endless chain
  • endless loop
  • endless runner
  • endless saw
  • endless screw
  • endless September
  • endless war

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