interminable
/ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ).mɪn.ə.bəl/
interminable adjective: existing or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending.
Adjective
interminable (comparative more interminable, superlative most interminable)
- Existing or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending.
- After supper Sir Pitt Crawley began to smoke his pipe; and when it became quite dark, he lighted the rushlight in the tin candlestick, and producing from an interminable pocket a huge mass of papers, began reading them, and putting them in order.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Crawley of Queen’s Crawley”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 61
- The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 193
Noun
interminable (plural interminables)
interminable meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
interminable in Tamil
- முடிவற்ற, முடிவுறாத, நீண்ட, நிற்காமல் தொடரும், சலிப்பூட்டும், ஓயாத
interminable in Marathi
- existing or occurring without interruption or end
- असमाप्य asmāpya
interminable in Urdu
- بےاندازہ, بےحد, لاتحاشا, شیطان کی آنت
interminable in Bengali
- সীমাহীন, অত্যন্ত দীর্ঘ
More languagesFewer languages
- interminable in Malayalam
- അന്തമില്ലാത്ത, ഒടുങ്ങാത്ത, അതിരറ്റ, അനവസാനം
- interminable in Kannada
- ಕೊನೆಗಾಣಿಸಲಾಗದ, ಮುಕ್ತಾಯ ವಿರದ, ಮುಗಿಸಲಾಗದ, ಕೊನೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ
Examples of interminable in a sentence
- Behind them lay the interminable vista of the desert, dotted here and there with an occasional oasis.1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Through the Valley of the Shadow”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt...
- Life's interminable succession of stages.1983 February 5, Joseph Van Ness, “Keeping It Alive”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 28, page 10:
Forms of interminable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more interminable |
| superlative | most interminable |
| Noun | |
| plural | interminables |
Origin of interminable
From Middle English interminable, from Middle French interminable and its etymon Late Latin interminābilis. By surface analysis, in- + terminable.
Words formed from interminable
Questions about interminable
- What does interminable mean?
- Interminable means existing or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending.
- What is interminable in Tamil?
- Interminable in Tamil is முடிவற்ற, முடிவுறாத, நீண்ட. See Interminable meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use interminable in a sentence?
- Behind them lay the interminable vista of the desert, dotted here and there with an occasional oasis.
- What part of speech is interminable?
- Interminable can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce interminable?
- Interminable is pronounced /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ).mɪn.ə.bəl/ (UK).
Words near interminable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: interminable (page history and authors); interminable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interminable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interminable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interminable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interminable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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