How do you pronounce endless?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛndlɪs/.

Where does endless come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

endless

/ˈɛndlɪs/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English

Syllables: end-less
IPA: /ˈɛndlɪs/

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Meaning

adj

Having no end.

adj

Extending indefinitely.

adj

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

adj

Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"endless time; endless praise"
"Trains from Lime Street to Edge Hill were hauled by an endless hempen rope worked by a stationary engine on the platform at the latter station."
"an endless line"
"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."
"All loves are endless."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: endeles, endelēas, *andijalausaz
Suffix: end

Usage

Obsolete

Derived Forms

endlessly endlessness

Phrases

endless belt endless chain endless loop endless runner endless saw endless screw endless September endless war

Frequently Paired Words

beginningless

Synonyms

unending eternal infinite unlimited endless never-ending termless ceaseless unendly

Antonyms

finite limited