endless

[ end-lis ]
/ ˈɛnd lɪs /
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adjective

having or seeming to have no end, limit, or conclusion; boundless; infinite; interminable; incessant: an endless series of complaints; Time is endless.
made continuous, as by joining the two ends of a single length: an endless chain or belt.

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Origin of endless

First recorded before 900; Middle English endelees, Old English endelēas. See end1, -less

synonym study for endless

1. See eternal.

OTHER WORDS FROM endless

end·less·ly, adverbend·less·ness, nounquasi-endless, adjectivequa·si-end·less·ly, adverb
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Words related to endless

continuous, constant, monotonous, eternal, limitless, unlimited, never-ending, incessant, unending, continual, boundless, ceaseless, perpetual, unfathomable, infinite, untold, interminable, uninterrupted, unbroken, countless

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British Dictionary definitions for endless

endless
/ (ˈɛndlɪs) /

adjective

having or seeming to have no end; eternal or infinite
continuing too long or continually recurring
formed with the ends joinedan endless belt

Derived forms of endless

endlessly, adverbendlessness, noun
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