"beginningless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From beginning + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|beginning|less}} beginning + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} beginningless (not comparable)
  1. Incomplete for lack of a beginning. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-beginningless-en-adj-WhQwQ~OR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30
  2. Eternal; uncreated; having always existed. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-beginningless-en-adj-43FlmR3m Categories (other): Infinity Disambiguation of Infinity: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: beginningless, unbeginning, unbegun, uncreated Hypernyms: infinite, lacking Derived forms: beginninglessness Coordinate_terms: endless
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