INTERMINABLE


Meaning of INTERMINABLE in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

seemingly

For several seemingly interminable seconds no one moved as the coolly brooding glance subjected her to a flagrantly masculine appraisal.

The seemingly interminable day was finally reaching its dark conclusion.

Her labour was, like her pregnancy, seemingly interminable and difficult.

The system thus avoids the seemingly interminable delays that bedevil on-line services when they are used to transmit graphics.

And there was all that seemingly interminable , lonely hanging around.

As of Saturday, both of those seemingly interminable droughts had ended, meaning that only the wait for Magic Johnson remains.

As of Saturday, both seemingly interminable droughts were over, sending historians in the organization scurrying for the record book.

■ NOUN

delay

Just as long, that is, as the masses do not mind interminable delays .

The system thus avoids the seemingly interminable delays that bedevil on-line services when they are used to transmit graphics.

Link them, and the main result will be interminable delay .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

He launched into an interminable monologue about his last therapy session.

She wasn't looking forward to the interminable winter nights, alone in the cabin.

The ride back to the city seemed interminable .

We watched an interminable documentary on rice production.

What's the reason for all these interminable delays?

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