endless
end·less
adjective
1.
tiresomely long; seemingly without end
- “endless debates”
- “an endless conversation”
- “the wait seemed eternal”
- “eternal quarreling”
- “an interminable sermon”
2.
3.
having no known beginning and presumably no end
- “the dateless rise and fall of the tides”
- “time is endless”
- “sempiternal truth”
4.
5.
occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted
- “a child”
- “;”
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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