[in-tur-muh-nuh-buh l] /ɪnˈtɜr mə nə bəl/

incapable of being terminated; unending:
an interminable job.
monotonously or annoyingly protracted or continued; unceasing; incessant:
I can’t stand that interminable clatter.
having no limits:
an interminable desert.
endless or seemingly endless because of monotony or tiresome length

late 14c., from Late Latin interminabilis, from in- “not” (see in- (1)) + terminabilis, from terminalis (see terminal). Related: Interminably.


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