endless

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole

   an endless chain

2. 2
   adj

   infinitely great in number

   endless waves

3. 3
   adj

   Having no end.

   endless time; endless praise

4. 4
   adj

   Extending indefinitely.

   an endless line

5. 5
   adj

   Too much or many to be exhausted; an extremely high number or amount of; immeasurable, innumerable.

   In 1903, [Albert Shhoenhut] announced his Humpty Dumpty circus, with over 20 figures and animals, each with six joints enabling them to be put into endless positions.

6. 6
   adj

   Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.

   All loves are endless.

7. 7
   adj

   having no known beginning and presumably no end

8. 8
   adj

   tiresomely long

Etymology

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