endless
Americanadjective
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having or seeming to have no end, limit, or conclusion; boundless; infinite; interminable; incessant.
an endless series of complaints; Time is endless.
- Synonyms:
- perpetual, continuous, unceasing, unending, illimitable, limitless
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made continuous, as by joining the two ends of a single length.
an endless chain or belt.
adjective
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having or seeming to have no end; eternal or infinite
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continuing too long or continually recurring
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formed with the ends joined
an endless belt
Related Words
See eternal.
Other Word Forms
- endlessly adverb
- endlessness noun
- quasi-endless adjective
- quasi-endlessly adverb
Etymology
Origin of endless
First recorded before 900; Middle English endelees, Old English endelēas. See end 1, -less
Example Sentences
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“We are not a big-city corporation with endless revenue,” he wrote.
That entire pseudo-event was one one of those blink-and-you-miss-it moments that get drowned out in the endless baying insanity of our collective reality.
From Salon
Abraham Lincoln’s political savvy, Bob Dylan’s endless tune factory, China’s bloody revolution and more.
Today many industry players produce “forever games” like “Minecraft” or “Fortnite,” in which the goal is to lock the player into an insular but endless competition.
Rural school was sporadic; household chores—scrubbing shirts, sweeping ashes, carrying wood and water—were endless.
From Literature
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