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[ adjective ] tiresomely long; seemingly without end

Examples

"endless debates" "an endless conversation" "the wait seemed eternal" "eternal quarreling" "an interminable sermon"

Used in print

(Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)

The long minute before he reached effective cover seemed endless .

Related terms

long

2
[ adjective ] infinitely great in number

Examples

"endless waves"

Used in print

(Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)

The `` wooden-leg '' gag of vaudeville , another standby of this sort , had endless variations .

Related terms

infinite

3
[ adjective ] having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole

Examples

"an endless chain"

Related terms

continuous

4
[ adjective ] having no known beginning and presumably no end

Examples

"the dateless rise and fall of the tides" "time is endless" "sempiternal truth"

Related terms

infinite

5
[ adjective ] occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted

Synonyms

incessant perpetual

Examples

"a child's incessant questions" "your perpetual (or continual) complaints"

Related terms

continual

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