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interminable

[ in-tur-muh-nuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. incapable of being terminated; unending:

    an interminable job.

  2. monotonously or annoyingly protracted or continued; unceasing; incessant:

    I can't stand that interminable clatter.

  3. having no limits:

    an interminable desert.



interminable

/ ɪˈɜːɪəə /

adjective

  1. endless or seemingly endless because of monotony or tiresome length
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌٱԲˈٲ, noun
  • ˈٱԲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ٱm·Բ··Ա ·ٱm·Բ·i·ٲ noun
  • ·ٱm·Բ· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of interminable1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English word from Late Latin word Գٱ. See in- 3, terminable
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After eight interminable days, it struck me: My husband was suffering just as deeply as I was.

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Rome-appointed commissioners have had difficulties tackling the vast levels of debt faced by hospitals, meaning Calabrians remain crippled by a serious lack of medical personnel and beds, as well as interminable waiting lists.

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His presidency also was buffeted by domestic crises — rampant inflation and high unemployment, as well as interminable lines at gas stations triggered by a decline in the global oil supply exacerbated by Iran’s Islamic Revolution.

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“Were the court to condone the practice of allowing defeated parties to create new facts for the purpose of revising judgments, lawsuits would become interminable.”

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In the final days of an election season that has felt interminable, he shared a number of them with Salon in a wide-ranging interview.

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