endless

Meaning

  1. (not-comparable) Having no end.
  2. (not-comparable) Extending indefinitely.
  3. (not-comparable) Too much or many to be exhausted; an extremely high number or amount of; immeasurable, innumerable.
  4. (not-comparable, obsolete) Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɛndlɪs/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English endeles, from Old English endelēas (“endless”), from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz (“endless”), equivalent to end + -less.

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