interminable

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interminable

  • /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ).mɪn.ə.bəl/ UK

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From Middle English interminable, from Middle French interminable and its etymon Late Latin interminābilis. By surface analysis, in- + terminable.

adjective more interminable · most interminable

  1. 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.

noun interminables

  1. dated A repeating decimal.

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adj existing or occurring without interruption or end

Españolinterminable
한국어끝없는 kkeudeomneun
日本語止められない yamerarenai
Portuguêsinterminável
Românăinterminabil
Русскийбесконе́чный beskonéčnyj, беспредельный bespredelʹnyj

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@misc{interminable_2026,
  title = {interminable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/interminable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}