interminable

[in-tur-muh-nuh-buhl]

adjective

1. incapable of being terminated; unending.

   an interminable job.

2. monotonously or annoyingly protracted or continued; unceasing; incessant.

   I can't stand that interminable clatter.

3. having no limits.

   an interminable desert.

interminable

/ ɪnˈtɜːmɪnəbəl /

adjective

1. endless or seemingly endless because of monotony or tiresome length

Other Word Forms

• interminableness noun
• interminability noun
• interminably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of interminable¹

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English word from Late Latin word interminābilis. See in- ³, terminable

Example Sentences

So maybe it’s perversely apt that the Broadway revival of the musical “Chess” should feel eye-glazingly interminable, despite a cast of thrillingly good singers in top form.

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What followed was an interminable undertaking to create maps of individual countries, to be mailed to subscribers and later bound together as an atlas.

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Judge Parnell said the social worker's view was that the litigation was putting the children under "interminable pressure" and should end.

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Although four years feels interminable, Trump is not a permanent fixture, and he will be out of office while Bondi still needs her law license.

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After eight interminable days, it struck me: My husband was suffering just as deeply as I was.

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Related Words

• boundless 
• continuous 
• endless 
• eternal 
• incessant 
• limitless 
• long-winded 
• never-ending 
• perpetual 
• protracted