Meaning of interminable in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ɪnˈtərmənəb(ə)l/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    interminable

    Definitions

    1. tiresomely long

    Examples

    • « seemingly without end »
    • « endless debates »
    • « an endless conversation »
    • « the wait seemed eternal »
    • « eternal quarreling »
    • « an interminable sermon »

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  • « The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on with one's life as if it were interminable. I always admired Chekhov for building a new house when he was dying of tuberculosis. »
    Leon Edel

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