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adjective having or seeming to have no end, limit, or conclusion; boundless; infinite; interminable; incessant: an endless series of complaints; Time is endless.
made continuous, as by joining the two ends of a single length: an endless chain or belt.
Origin of endless First recorded before 900; Middle English endelees, Old English endelēas. See end1 , -less
SYNONYMS FOR endless 1 limitless, illimitable, unending, unceasing, continuous, perpetual.
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synonym study for endless 1 . See eternal.
OTHER WORDS FROM endless end·less·ly, adverb end·less·ness, noun quasi-endless, adjective qua·si-end·less·ly, adverb Words nearby endless Endicott, ending, end in itself, endive, end leaf, endless , end line, endling, endlong, end man, end matter
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Example sentences from the Web for endless It is all too easy to be despondent in the face of what seems like the endless capacity of evil to reinvent itself.
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Take responsibility for an endless stream of people, even as our own suffer, and struggle to get policy relief from Washington.
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His arthritic knees are at their worst, despite the endless shots of painkiller.
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Vieira realizes this mission makes him the butt of an endless onslaught of skepticism and criticism.
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The possibilities of the types of cuisine that can be made are endless once you turn pot into butter (or oil) to cook with.
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The agony of her spirit, involved in endless and horrid labyrinths of doubt, is powerfully portrayed.
The Life of Friedrich Schiller | Thomas Carlyle
See Trollope, ii, 179, as to the endless Florentine devices to check special power and to vary the balance of the constitution.
The Evolution of States | J. M. Robertson
Silks may be had in various widths and endless variety of weaves.
Textiles and Clothing | Kate Heintz Watson
Such anklets are sold for a few pence, and they are cast all at once, complete as an endless chain.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 | Barkham Burroughs
Hence an endless succession of piques, misunderstandings, and jars between the royal Lady and her imperious Mistress of the Robes.
Political Women, Vol. 2 (of 2) | Sutherland Menzies
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British Dictionary definitions for endless adjective having or seeming to have no end; eternal or infinite
continuing too long or continually recurring
formed with the ends joined an endless belt
Derived forms of endless endlessly , adverb endlessness , noun 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
Words related to endless continuous, constant, monotonous, eternal, limitless, unlimited, never-ending, incessant, unending, continual, boundless, ceaseless, perpetual, unfathomable, infinite, untold, interminable, uninterrupted, unbroken, countless