interminable

UK/in'tә:minәbl/US

GREA2

Definitions

adj.

Seemingly endless, and tediously so

没完没了的，冗长乏味的

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

in-not, opposite of

terminboundary, end, limit

-ablecapable of, worthy of

=interminable

in- (not) + termin (end) + -able (able to be) = literally 'not able to be ended.' In practice it carries a tone of impatience: an interminable meeting isn't truly endless, it just drags on so long it feels like it has no boundary in sight.

Root termin still carries 13 more words

Example Sentences

1.
We sat through an interminable wait at the airport.
2.
His interminable speeches put half the room to sleep.

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