US /ˈɛndlɪs/
adj Freq #5157

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Having no end, or seeming to continue forever

    They drove for hours along an endless desert road.

  2. 2
    adj

    Very many or too much to count

    She had an endless list of things to do before the party.

  3. 3
    adj

    Boringly long and seemingly without end

    The endless meeting dragged on all afternoon.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · having no end, or seeming... unendingeternal
2 adj · very many or too much to count innumerable
3 adj · boringly long and seemingly... interminable
More ceaselessinfinitenever-endingtermlessunendlyunlimited
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Word family
Derived forms endlesslyendlessness

Etymology

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

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