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unending

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not ending; having no end; eternal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

continuing forever or indefinitely

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the ageless themes of love and revenge
  • eternal truths
  • life everlasting
  • hell's perpetual fires
  • the unending bliss of heaven

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ageless, aeonian, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unceasing

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English ending English unending From un- + ending.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 絡繹 /络绎 (lok3 jik6) — never reaching an end
  • Chinese Mandarin: 絡繹 /络绎 (luòyì) — never reaching an end
  • Dutch: oneindig — never reaching an end
  • Esperanto: senfina — never reaching an end
  • Finnish: loputon — never reaching an end
  • French: éternel — never reaching an end
  • French: sans fin — never reaching an end
  • French: infini — never reaching an end
  • German: endlos — never reaching an end
  • German: nicht enden wollend — never reaching an end
  • German: ewig — never reaching an end
  • Greek: ατελείωτος (ateleíotos) — never reaching an end
  • Greek: ατέλειωτος (atéleiotos) — never reaching an end
  • Hindi: अंतहीन (anthīn) — never reaching an end
  • Hindi: अनंत (anant) — never reaching an end
  • Occitan: infinit — never reaching an end
  • Occitan: interminable — never reaching an end
  • Occitan: sensa fin — never reaching an end
  • Occitan: etèrn — never reaching an end
  • Occitan: eternal — never reaching an end
  • Spanish: interminable — never reaching an end
  • Turkish: sonsuz — never reaching an end
  • Ottoman Turkish: صوڭسز (soñsız) — never reaching an end
  • Ottoman Turkish: ابدی (ebedî) — never reaching an end
  • Ottoman Turkish: دایم (daim) — never reaching an end
  • Ottoman Turkish: موبد (muʿebbed) — never reaching an end
  • Ottoman Turkish: پاینده (payende, payanda) — never reaching an end