What does interminable mean?
Definitions for interminable
ɪnˈtɜr mə nə bəlin·ter·minable
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Princeton's WordNet
endless, eternal, interminableadjective
tiresomely long; seemingly without end
"endless debates"; "an endless conversation"; "the wait seemed eternal"; "eternal quarreling"; "an interminable sermon"
GCIDE
Interminableadjective
Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings; an interminable sermon.
Wiktionary
interminableadjective
Existing or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Interminableadjective
Immense; admitting no boundary.
Etymology: interminable, Fr. in and termino, Latin.
As if they would confine th' interminable,
And tie him to his own prescript. John Milton, Agonistes.
ChatGPT
interminable
Interminable refers to something that appears endless or seems to persist for an exceedingly long period of time, often to the point of annoyance or frustration. This term can be used to describe any event, process, or circumstance that lacks a foreseeable conclusion.
Webster Dictionary
Interminableadjective
without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings
Etymology: [L. interminabilis: cf. F. interminable. See Terminate.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Interminable
in-tėr′min-a-bl, Interminate, in-tėr′min-āt, adj. without termination or limit: boundless: endless.—n. Inter′minableness.—adv. Inter′minably.—Interminate decimal, a decimal conceived as carried to an infinity of places.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of interminable in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of interminable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of interminable in a Sentence
He plays his cards very close to his chest, he is an interminable listener, he may not say much but he’ll just sit there and listen and listen and listen.
We can no longer stand back and watch this shameful political gameplay with women's health at a time of national crisis, we will no longer be complicit in government policy of booking bleeding, vomiting women on interminable ferry journeys, putting their health at serious risk.
There have been outrageous delays to date and it seems as though those delays would simply be interminable, the families are not content to simply wait forever for the inquiry to give a publication date and if (inquiry head John Chilcot) does not impose a timetable ... they will be seeking judicial redress.
China has really been trying to clean up its bad corporate debt for years. And although they made some progress before the pandemic, the task often seems interminable, and that's what you're certainly seeing here, the impacts from a large default by Guangzhou Evergrande would be remarkable.
We will no longer be complicit in government policy of booking bleeding, vomiting women on interminable ferry journeys, putting their health at serious risk.
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- interminableCatalan, Valencian
- interminableSpanish
- ناپایدارPersian
- loppumaton, keskeytymätön, loputonFinnish
- interminávelPortuguese
- interminabilRomanian
- беспредельный, бесконечныйRussian
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