uncountable
- adjective
- /ʌnˈkaʊntəbl/
- OK, I cannot enumerate an uncountable number of models.
- an uncountable number
- an uncountable number of times
Examples
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On the inlet, the water-lily pads were so thick that the water was hardly visible, and perched on them were uncountable numbers of herons.
Fiction book (1990) -
But yes, this would create a nearly uncountable number of new universes every nanosecond.
Blog text (22) -
And we wrote vowels an absolutely uncountable number of times, both upper and lower case, of course.
Academic text (2007) -
I have gone across this continent many times, uncountable times in every manner possible.
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So the quantum stuff appears to be best at sort of doing an almost uncountable number of things in parallel.
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And with the uncountable multitude of saints, we have endless examples.
Blog text (17) -
Hummingbirds, nectar-feeding bats, and uncountable insects are all capable of hovering at will, each group adapting its own prior solutions to the same aerodynamic problem.
Academic text (1999) -
He faced an uncountable number of problems during his project, making it difficult to keep track.
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The universe contains an uncountable variety of stars, many of which are yet to be discovered.
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The library holds an uncountable number of books, making it impossible to read them all in a lifetime.
Synonyms
There are so many that you cannot say how many
Without limits or end
A very large amount that cannot be counted or measured
Too many to count
Very large in number that seems to have no limit
Too great to measure or count
So many that you cannot say how many
So many that you cannot count them
So many that you cannot count them
So many that you cannot count them
So many that you cannot count them
Too many to count
Antonyms
How Numerous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Uncountable comes from un- ('not') and count ('to number'), so it means 'not able to be counted'. We use it when there are so many things, for example 'uncountable stars', that you cannot count them individually.