endless

[end-lis]

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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.

Origin of endless

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

Related formsend·less·ly, adverbend·less·ness, nounqua·si-end·less, adjectivequa·si-end·less·ly, adverb

Synonyms for endless

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1. limitless, illimitable, unending, unceasing, continuous, perpetual. See eternal.

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Related Words for endlessness

eternity, permanence, perpetuity, perpetuation, eternality, forever

Examples from the Web for endlessness

Historical Examples of endlessness

The endlessness of such a subtly cruel situation was appalling—if you think of it.
Lord Jim
Joseph Conrad
Such is the endlessness, yea, the intolerableness of all earthly effort.
Moby Dick; or The Whale
Herman Melville
Theresa felt herself bewildered by the endlessness and the dirt of it.
Yonder
Emily Hilda Young
There can be no deep friendship which does not sign for endlessness.
The World's Great Sermons, Volume 6: H. W. Beecher to Punshon
Various
The fact of our endlessness at once puts a certain order into life.
Our Lady Saint Mary
J. G. H. Barry

British Dictionary definitions for endlessness

endless

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 Formsendlessly, adverbendlessness, noun

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Word Origin and History for endlessness

endless

adj.

Old English endeleas; see end (n.) + -less. Related: Endlessly. Old English used endeleasnes for "infinity, eternity."