unending

U1N1E1N1D2I1N1G2

adjective

Not ending; having no end; eternal.

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

adjectiveunending (comparative more unending, superlative most unending)

comparative more unending · superlative most unending

  1. Not ending; having no end; eternal.

    At any rate I was very sure that I would not attempt to attain unending life.

    1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
    1 more example

    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.

    1930, John Donald Wade, The Life and Death of Cousin Lucius; republished as Donald Davidson, editor, Selected Essays and Other Writings of John Donald Wade, 1966, page 26

    Synonyms: termless

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot ending; having no end; eternal.

Similar

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivecontinuing forever or indefinitely

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Middle Englishending
  9. Englishending
  10. Englishunending

From un- + ending.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 絡繹 /络绎
  • 絡繹 /络绎 (lok³ jik⁶)never reaching an end
Chinese Mandarin 絡繹 /络绎
  • 絡繹 /络绎 (luòyì)never reaching an end
Dutch oneindig
  • oneindignever reaching an end
Esperanto senfina
  • senfinanever reaching an end
Finnish loputon
  • loputonnever reaching an end
French éternel, sans fin
  • éternelnever reaching an end
  • sans finnever reaching an end
  • infininever reaching an end
German endlos, nicht enden wollend
  • endlosnever reaching an end
  • nicht enden wollendnever reaching an end
  • ewignever reaching an end
Greek ατελείωτος, ατέλειωτος
  • ατελείωτος (ateleíotos)never reaching an end
  • ατέλειωτος (atéleiotos)never reaching an end
Hebrew אֵינְסוֹפִי, אֵין־סוֹפִי
  • אֵינְסוֹפִי (einsofí)never reaching an end
  • אֵין־סוֹפִי (ein-sofí)never reaching an end
Hindi अंतहीन, अनंत
  • अंतहीन (anthīn)never reaching an end
  • अनंत (anant)never reaching an end
Spanish interminable
  • interminablenever reaching an end
Turkish sonsuz
  • sonsuznever reaching an end

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APA

unending. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unending

MLA

“unending.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unending. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unending,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unending.

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