INTERMINABLE

endless, eternal, interminable

(adjective) tiresomely long; seemingly without end; “endless debates”; “an endless conversation”; “the wait seemed eternal”; “eternal quarreling”; “an interminable sermon”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

interminable (comparative more interminable, superlative most interminable)

Existing or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending.

Noun

interminable (plural interminables)

(math, dated) A repeating decimal.

Source: Wiktionary


In*ter"mi*na*ble, a. Etym: [L. interminabilis: cf. F. interminable. See Terminate.]

Definition: Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings. That wild interminable waste of waves. Grainger.

Syn.

– Boundless; endless; limitless; illimitable; immeasurable; infinite; unbounded; unlimited.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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