interminable (adj) - unending; ceaseless; over-long [in-tur-muh-nuh-buhl]
BREAKDOWN: IN- (not) + TERMIN- (end) + -ABLE (able to be)
to terminate means to cut short or bring to an end; to fire or lay off; to kill
We all know what a terminator is, right?
“The tension between ‘yes’ and ‘no,’ between ‘I can’ and ‘I cannot,’ makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self.” —Anatole Broyard