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interminable

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in⋅ter⋅mi⋅na⋅ble

  [in-tur-muh-nuh-buhl]
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–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.
Origin:
1325–75; ME < LL interminābilis. See in- 3 , terminable

Related forms:
in⋅ter⋅mi⋅na⋅ble⋅ness, in⋅ter⋅mi⋅na⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
in⋅ter⋅mi⋅na⋅bly, adverb
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in·ter·mi·na·ble   (ĭn-tûr'mə-nə-bəl)   
adj.  

  1. Being or seeming to be without an end; endless. See Synonyms at continual.

  2. Tiresomely long; tedious.

in·ter'mi·na·bil'i·ty n., in·ter'mi·na·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

interminable 
c.1374, from L.L. interminabilis, from in- "not" + terminabilis (see terminal).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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