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   interminable

   /ɪnˈtəːmɪnəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. endless or apparently endless (often used hyperbolically): "we got bogged down in interminable discussions" Similar seemingly endlessendlessnever-endingunendingwithout endnon-stopeverlastingceaselessunceasingincessantconstantcontinualuninterruptedunbrokensustainedmonotonoustediouswearisomeboringlong-windedlong-drawn-outoverlongramblingmeanderinglaboriousponderouscountlessnumerousmanyuntoldmanifoldmultitudinousmultifariousinnumerablenumberlessunmeasuredunnumberedincalculableindeterminableliterary:myriadlegionrare:innumerousunnumberable

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin interminabilis, from in- ‘not’ + terminare (see terminate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. interminableness noun
   • 2. interminably adverb
   • 3. interminability noun

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