"unending" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unending [comparative], most unending [superlative]
Etymology: un- + ending Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|ending}} un- + ending Head templates: {{en-adj}} unending (comparative more unending, superlative most unending)
  1. Not ending; having no end; eternal. Synonyms: endless Synonyms (having no end): termless Related terms: end, ending, unendingly, unendingness Translations (never reaching an end): 絡繹 (Chinese Cantonese), 络绎 (lok³ jik⁶) [literary] (Chinese Cantonese), 絡繹 (Chinese Mandarin), 络绎 (luòyì) (english: (literary)) (Chinese Mandarin), loputon (Finnish), éternel (French), sans fin (French), infini (French), endlos (German), nicht enden wollend (German), ewig (German), ατελείωτος (ateleíotos) (Greek), ατέλειωτος (atéleiotos) (Greek), infinit (Occitan), interminable (Occitan), sensa fin (Occitan), etèrn (Occitan), eternal (Occitan), interminable (Spanish), sonsuz (Turkish)

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