ceaseless means without an end.
ceaseless is pronounced /ˈsiːsləs/.
Why “ceaseless” is a great word
Continuing without interruption or end; incessant. From the verb 'cease' (to stop) + the suffix '-less' (without), first recorded in English use 1580–90. Unlike 'intermittent' (which describes a rhythm of stops and starts) or 'perpetual' (which implies a self-renewing, cyclical eternity), ceaseless stresses the brute fact of no pause whatsoever. It is the drone of a refrigerator in an empty kitchen, the tireless percussion of rain on a tin roof, or the slow, unblinking pressure of sand against stone—a presence so constant it becomes the sound of time itself refusing to pause, even for breath.
adj
- Without an end.
- Without stop or pause, incessant.
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