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uncountably

uncountably

1 8.3
In a way that is too many to count
  • adverb
  • /ʌnˈkaʊntəbli/
: incontablemente
  • In mathematics, there are uncountably many numbers between any two real numbers.

Examples

  • Discovering an uncountably infinite variation of the multiverse would be a feat.

    Blog text (22)
  • Now myriad in English means many uncountably many lots.

  • Look, there must be some real numbers that we cannot describe or define because there are uncountably many real numbers.

  • And then beyond that, there's when you have uncountably many numbers.

  • In other words, you generate a random process by looking at an uncountably infinite collection of normal random variables.

  • What the quantizer does is to turn an uncountably infinite set of things into a finite set of things.

  • But your hypothesis covers uncountably many different cases, and you can test (positively or negatively) only a very few.

    Blog text (25)
  • I used to contemplate all the years of my life to come before we might meet again: as uncountably many as grains of rice in a dinner bowl.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • "Simple," came the answer, "the Many-Worlds Theory of Quantum Mechanics allows an uncountably infinite number of parallel universes, each stemming from tiny decisions in a mother world."

    Fiction book (1997)
  • ABSTRACT: There were more data breaches in 2014 than in any prior year, including the well-publicized attacks on Sony, Target, JPMorgan, and Home Depot—and uncountably more on individuals and smaller companies.

    Academic text (2016)

Synonyms

inestimably
vsuncountably
1 8.6

So great that you cannot measure it

is about being too numerous to count rather than too large to measure
innumerably
vsuncountably
1 7.5

So many that you cannot count them

is used for amounts too numerous to count including mathematical contexts

Antonyms

countably
  • Specialized
1 9.0

In a way that can be counted or listed, like numbers

How Numerous

uncountably
1 8.3
abundantly
31 3.5
frequently
411 1.0
often
∞ 1.0
occasionally
407 2.0
sparsely
14 4.6

Surface Forms

uncountably positive

Morphology

uncountably = uncountable (transparent) = un + count + able + ly

Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to 'uncountable' (un- + count + -able); the morphological steps are regular and the meaning follows directly.

Etymology

Uncountably breaks into un- 'not', count 'to number', and -ly 'in a way'. So, to call something uncountably many is like saying it is 'not able to be counted' or like the familiar word countless — there are so many you cannot number them.