endless
Etymology

From Middle English endeles, from Old English endelēas, from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz, equivalent to end + -less.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈɛndlɪs/, /ˈɛndləs/
Adjective

endless (not comparable)

  1. Having no end.
    endless time; endless praise
  2. Extending indefinitely.
    an endless line
  3. Too much or many to be exhausted; an extremely high number or amount of; immeasurable, innumerable.
  4. (obsolete) Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.
    • c. 1615–1616, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Loves Pilgramage, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC ↗, Act II, scene iii:
      All loves are endless.
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