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never-ending

American  
[nev-er-en-ding] / ˌnɛv ərˈɛn dɪŋ /

adjective

  1. having or likely to have no end; endless.

    never-ending worry.


never-ending British  

adjective

  1. having or seeming to have no end; interminable

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of never-ending

First recorded in 1590–1600


Vocabulary lists containing never-ending

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Clifton’s, with its collection of oddities, be it a taxidermied bear or a bartop meteorite, is just the sort of fantastical place, they reason, to house a never-ending “Dungeons & Dragons”-inspired game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

“The Plan” assumes the crooked, insistent thought processes of a murderer; “Airport Story” is a Kafkaesque nightmare about a never-ending flight delay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

"We are satisfied that the fear of a likely reimposition of such a restrictive TPIM, and its possibly never-ending nature, had a significant impact on the mental state of Akhtar in prison."

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The fast-fashion company became a juggernaut by pumping out a never-ending supply of clothes at super-cheap prices, creating a constant churn of microtrends for consumers to chase.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

Afternoon passes into early evening, the forest and the hills seem never-ending, and there comes another problem.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

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