Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unending

/ənˈɛndɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables: un-end-ing
IPA: /ənˈɛndɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not ending; having no end; eternal.

Example Sentences

"At any rate I was very sure that I would not attempt to attain unending life."
"As he looked back and thought of the recurrent seasons falling upon the world it seemed to him that they had come to the count, over and over, of Hard Times, Hard Times, Hard Times, more monotonous, more unending, than the count of the soldiers, muttering as they marched, years before, in the town which had before been called only the crossroads."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English ending English unending From un- + ending.

Inflected Forms

more unending (comparative) most unending (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

end ending unendingly unendingness

Synonyms

termless ageless aeonian eonian eternal everlasting perpetual unceasing

Rhymes With

spending ending never-ending sending depending defending attending pretending extending pending lending bending

Questions

How do you pronounce unending?: The recorded pronunciation is /ənˈɛndɪŋ/.
What does unending mean?: Not ending; having no end; eternal.
Where does unending come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English ending English unending From un- + ending.

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