endless

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛndlɪs/, /ˈɛndləs/
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  • Hyphenation: end‧less

Adjective

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endless (not comparable)

  1. Having no end.
    endless time; endless praise
    • 1942 May-June, “Cable Operation at Liverpool and London”, in Railway Magazine, page 174:
      Trains from Lime Street to Edge Hill were hauled by an endless hempen rope worked by a stationary engine on the platform at the latter station.
  2. Extending indefinitely.
    an endless line
  3. Too much or many to be exhausted; an extremely high number or amount of; immeasurable, innumerable.
    • 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 64:
      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. (obsolete) Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.

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