# endless

Pronunciation: say "END-lis" /ˈɛndlɪs/

## Adjective

1. Having no end; continuing without finishing or stopping.
   - Simple: Going on and on, with no end at all.
   - _The hallway stretched into an endless series of identical doors._
   - _Their journey felt endless, with each mile looking like the last._
2. Existing in so great a number or amount that it cannot be used up or counted.
   - Simple: So many or so much that it can never run out.
   - _She faced endless paperwork after the company merger._
   - _The buffet offered endless choices for dessert._
3. Stretching out over space or time with no limit one can see.
   - Simple: Reaching so far that you cannot see where it stops.
   - _The endless coastline curved away beyond the horizon._
   - _Travelers crossed what seemed like endless stretches of dune._

## Adjective

4. Producing no profitable result; fruitless and unsatisfying. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Bringing no useful result and wasting one's effort.

## Origin

From Middle English endeles, from Old English endelēas, from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz, all meaning "endless": equivalent to end plus the suffix -less.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/endless (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).