Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Too numerous to be counted; numberless. See Synonyms at incalculable.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- That cannot be counted; incapable of being enumerated or numbered for multitude; countless; hence, indefinitely, very numerous.
- Not measurable by rhythmical numbers; unmusical; tuneless. [Rare.]
- Synonyms Unnumbered, numberless, myriad.
Wiktionary
- adj. Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, for multitude; countless; numberless; unnumbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. too numerous to be counted
Etymologies
- in- + numerable; from French innumérable, from Latin innumerabilis, from in- + numerabilis. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Latin innumerābilis : in-, not; see in-1 + numerābilis, countable; see numerable. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Having the option to steer your life in innumerable directions can be a curse or a blessing.”
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“As avenues to foreign influence in innumerable ways, such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent patriot.”
“And she also believes in innumerable conspiracy theories concerning this nation, including the "amerikan gulag" and the whole "zeks, screws, and masters" bit, and she also thinks that the government locks away whoever disagrees with them.”
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“Rajeev was an advisor to our fund and helped us in innumerable ways.”
“He has participated in innumerable major auctions.”
“George W. Bush was routinely portrayed as a monkey and a simpleton in innumerable cartoons published throughout the media, not to even mention what was put on signs at protests.”
“As a friend of Díaz, Gillow was an enthusiastic participant in innumerable exhibitions and development projects.”
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“As avenues to foreign influence in innumerable ways, such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent Patriot.”
“We do that all day in innumerable business settings any way and are already sick and tired of the phony nature of it all.”
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“Both expatriates and those who remained have, like Stephen and Ina May, expressed their pacifism in innumerable ways — by engaging in Green politics, organizing a Peace Roots Alliance, and lending their energy to the development of ecologically sustainable forms of energy production, agriculture, and housing, to name a few.”
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my words
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Size Matters!
The long and the short of it.
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words I like quite a lot.
words for using.
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Classical (Greco-Roman)
Via the classical world.
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Russo Vocab Test
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descriptors
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