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never-ending

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nev·er-end·ing (nvr-ndng)
adj.
Having no foreseeable end: the never-ending search for happiness.
never-ending
Adjective
long and boring
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Adj.1.never-endingnever-ending - uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger"
ceaseless, incessant, unremitting, perpetual, unceasing, constant
continuous, uninterrupted - continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks"
Translations
never-ending [nɛvərˈɛndɪŋ] adj → interminable, sin fin
never-ending [nɛvərˈɛndɪŋ] never adj → interminable
never-ending [nɛvərˈɛndɪŋ] never adj → endlos
never-ending [nɛvərˈɛndɪŋ] adj → interminabile


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While the train flashed through never-ending miles of ripe wheat, by country towns and bright-flowered pastures and oak groves wilting in the sun, we sat in the observation car, where the woodwork was hot to the touch and red dust lay deep over everything.
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He enjoyed the pleasant social intercourse with Olga's friends, while the friendship which had sprung up between the fair countess and himself was a source of never-ending delight.
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And with a faint smile he flitted away from me on his never-ending duties, with his usual guarded activity.
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