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uncountable

uncountable

1 4.6
So many that you cannot count them one by one
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈkaʊntəbl/
translation icon : incontable
  • OK, I cannot enumerate an uncountable number of models.
  • an uncountable number
  • an uncountable number of times

Examples

  • 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.

  • So the quantum stuff appears to be best at sort of doing an almost uncountable number of things in parallel.

  • 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.

  • The universe contains an uncountable variety of stars, many of which are yet to be discovered.

  • The library holds an uncountable number of books, making it impossible to read them all in a lifetime.

Synonyms

countless
vsuncountable
245 2.5

There are so many that you cannot say how many

is the general idea of not being able to list each item
infinite
vsuncountable
183 4.2

Without limits or end

is about being unlistable rather than having no limit
untold
vsuncountable
52 4.8

A very large amount that cannot be counted or measured

is about inability to list each item rather than endless extent
innumerable
vsuncountable
21 5.4

Too many to count

is the general idea of not being able to list each item
endless
vsuncountable
19 2.5

Very large in number that seems to have no limit

is about being too many to name individually rather than endlessness
incalculable
vsuncountable
13 8.1

Too great to measure or count

is about inability to list each item rather than impossibility to estimate
uncounted
vsuncountable
6 6.3

So many that you cannot say how many

is the general idea of not being able to list each item
numberless
vsuncountable
3 6.0

So many that you cannot count them

is the general idea of not being able to list each item
unnumbered
vsuncountable
1 7.5

So many that you cannot count them

is the general idea of not being able to list each item
innumerous
vsuncountable
9.6

So many that you cannot count them

is the general idea of not being able to list each item
unnumberable
vsuncountable
7.8

So many that you cannot count them

is the general idea of not being able to list each item
unnumerable
vsuncountable
7.9

Too many to count

is the general idea of not being able to list each item

Antonyms

1 2.9

Present as separate things you can number, like an apple or a book

How Numerous

uncountable
1 4.6
numerous
432 2.0
many
9 1.0
several
1.0
few
1.0
scarce
103 4.8

Surface Forms

uncountable positive

Morphology

uncountable = countable (transparent) = un + count + able

Standard negation of 'countable' expressing 'not able to be counted individually', so the derivation is straightforward.

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.