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Endless

1. Without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable; applied to length, and to duration; as, an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless praise; endless clamor.

2. Infinite; excessive; unlimited.

3. Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying. All loves are endless.

4. Void of design; objectless; as, an endless pursuit. Endless chain, a chain which is made continuous by uniting its two ends. Endless screw.

(Science: mechanics) see screw.

Synonym: Eternal, everlasting, interminable, infinite, unlimited, incessant, perpetual, uninterrupted, continual, unceasing, unending, boundless, undying, imperishable.

Origin: as. Endeleas. See end.