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unnumberable

unnumberable

7.8
So many that you cannot count them
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈnʌmbərəbəl/
translation icon : innumerable
  • The sky was filled with unnumberable stars on that clear night.

Examples

  • She spent unnumberable hours working on her research project.

  • There were unnumberable reasons why he decided to move abroad.

  • There are unnumberable stars in the night sky.

  • The artist has created unnumberable masterpieces over the years.

  • The sky was filled with unnumberable stars on that clear night.

  • She spent unnumberable hours working on her research project.

  • The artist has created unnumberable masterpieces over the years.

Synonyms

numerous
vsunnumberable
432 2.0

A large number of things or people

implies a larger, uncountable scale rather than just many
countless
vsunnumberable
245 2.5

There are so many that you cannot say how many

is the dictionary headword chosen to show that same idea
infinite
vsunnumberable
183 4.2

Without limits or end

narrows that idea to sheer number rather than limitless nature
untold
vsunnumberable
52 4.8

A very large amount that cannot be counted or measured

shares that enormity but is used as the head concept
myriad
vsunnumberable
35 7.0

Very many, too many to count

is equivalent but used here as the primary label
innumerable
vsunnumberable
21 5.4

Too many to count

is the same idea expressed in a different form
endless
vsunnumberable
19 2.5

Very large in number that seems to have no limit

is about high quantity rather than ongoing duration
incalculable
vsunnumberable
13 8.1

Too great to measure or count

focuses specifically on being too many to count in everyday use
many
vsunnumberable
9 1.0

A large number of people or things you can count

suggests far greater, effectively uncountable quantity rather than a countable amount
uncounted
vsunnumberable
6 6.3

So many that you cannot say how many

conveys the identical idea but as the main entry
numberless
vsunnumberable
3 6.0

So many that you cannot count them

expresses the same countless idea in the main term
multitudinous
vsunnumberable
  • Literature
2 7.9

Present in very large numbers

places more stress on being beyond counting entirely
uncountable
vsunnumberable
1 4.6

So many that you cannot count them one by one

is similar but emphasizes sheer abundance rather than countability issues
unnumbered
vsunnumberable
1 7.5

So many that you cannot count them

is the same sense rendered as the key expression
innumerous
vsunnumberable
9.6

So many that you cannot count them

matches that sense while serving as the chosen head form
unnumerable
vsunnumberable
7.9

Too many to count

gives the same core meaning in the key entry
bajillion
vsunnumberable
  • UK
8.4

Very large in number with no exact amount and said as a joke

uses a neutral description of extreme quantity without slang tone

Antonyms

1 2.9

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

How Many

unnumberable
7.8
many
9 1.0
several
1.0
few
1.0

Surface Forms

unnumberable positive
unnumbered positive

Morphology

unnumberable = numberable (transparent) = un + number + able

Formed by adding the productive prefix 'un-' to 'numberable', meaning 'not able to be numbered', which is directly interpretable.

Etymology

Unnumberable breaks into un- 'not', number 'a count', and -able 'able to be'. So it literally means 'not able to be counted', which is why we use it for things that are too many or 'countless'.