nonending

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adjective

non·​end·​ing ˌnän-ˈen-diŋ 

: never ending : endless, unending

a seemingly nonending task

nonending

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noun

: an incomplete or inadequate ending

… made her prime-time debut on Girlfriends, which ran for nearly nine seasons before an unceremonious nonending in 2008.

—Regina R. Robertson

Once, people probably broke up maturely, in conversations inarguably final in tone. Now we have ragged nonendings.

—Phoebe Luckhurst

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Noun

Meanwhile, those of us in Dallas are left to contemplate the ultimate nonending to a flamboyant and perpetually entertaining career. —Mike Shropshire, Slate Magazine, 5 Apr. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1834, in the meaning defined above

Noun

circa 1886, in the meaning defined above