unendedadj.
Now rare.
1. Not made to end or stop; having no limit or bounds; continued, lasting, infinite.
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the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [adjective]
echec825
echelichc825
endlessc888
lastinga1225
everlastingc1225
perdurablec1275
perpetuala1325
unendeda1325
incorruptiblea1340
ay-lastingc1340
inlastingc1340
eternec1366
interminablec1374
unstanchablec1374
ever-duringa1382
eternalc1386
sempitern1390
never-failinga1400
sempiternal14..
ever-being?a1425
ever-durable?a1425
immarcescible?a1475
perennal?c1500
deathless1547
everlastable1548
incessant1557
unperishing1561
undeterminable1581
evera1586
unendlya1586
inexterminable1592
never-ending?1592
aeviternal1596
dateless1597
undecaying1599
entombless1601
perishless1605
ageless1609
continual1610
perpetuous1612
imperible1614
ne'er-endinga1616
out-date1623
undated1624
perennious1628
immortal1630
imperishable1648
birthless1651
fadeless1652
sempiternous1653
evergreen1655
intemporal1656
indefectible1659
inconclusible1660
unending1661
aeonian1664
unfading1665
sempervirent1668
amaranthal1674
ne'er-dying1693
perennial1717
timeless1742
indefeatablea1754
amaranthine1782
aeonial1800
unterminating1821
unevanescent1827
ay1845
forever1879
sempervirid1909
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3518 For if ðu it gernes and gisse, Ðu tines vn-ended blisce.
1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 751 Bochours ben þei echon ȝour body to dismembre, & euerich pinchen his part þere paine is vnended.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxii. 5 For thi myche malice, and thi wickidnessis vnendid.
c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 84 Thes er tho þat out soght, and disputyd..of full, of voyde, of endyd, of vnendyd.
1522 J. Vaus Rudimenta i. sig. bbij Infinitiuo modo. On-endyt or determyt mode to nowmyr or persone.
1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. C1v Wherefore talkest thou of a period, To that which craues vnended admiration. View more context for this quotation
2. Not brought to an end or conclusion; unfinished, incomplete.
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the world > action or operation > completing > non-completion > [adjective] > not brought to a conclusion
unendeda1382
unconcludedc1555
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. iv. 5 Forsothe braunchis vnendid [a1425 L.V. vnperfit] shul be to-broken.
1471 Sc. Acts Jas. III (1814) II. 101/1 Al materis.. þat ar now opynit in þis present parliament & vnendit.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 414 Rycht weill ȝe ken..Oure interpryiss wnendit is and done.
1591 F. Sparry tr. C. de Cattan Geomancie 235 The sute shall be for unmoueable goods, and shall not last long unended.
1805 Monthly Mag. 20 43 It would probably have remained unended for a long time.
1935 T. S. Eliot Murder in Cathedral i. 14 Meetings unended or endless At one place or another in France.
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