Endless

//ˈɛndlɪs// adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having no end. not-comparable

    "endless time; endless praise"

  2. 2
    Extending indefinitely. not-comparable

    "an endless line"

  3. 3
    Too much or many to be exhausted; an extremely high number or amount of; immeasurable, innumerable. not-comparable

    "In 1903, [Albert Shhoenhut] announced his Humpty Dumpty circus, with over 20 figures and animals, each with six joints enabling them to be put into endless positions."

  4. 4
    Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying. not-comparable, obsolete

    "All loves are endless."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole wordnet
  2. 2
    having no known beginning and presumably no end wordnet
  3. 3
    infinitely great in number wordnet
  4. 4
    tiresomely long; seemingly without end wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
infinitecontinuousinterminablesempiternalunlimitedeternal

Example

More examples

"Social unrest may come about as a result of the endless rising of prices."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

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