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unnumbered

1 7.5
So many that you cannot count them
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈnʌmbərd/
translation icon : innumerable
  • OBS.MOPP contains observations of unnumbered asteroids for which reliable orbits have been published in the circulars.

Examples

  • Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered...

  • It has been a year, and I still cannot forget the scene of the unnumbered bodies on the TV screen. They said there were 120 people; no, wait a second, the number is still increasing. They have probably reached a number of 130 or 135, with no space for mourning them and honoring their names. They all were gone in 2 minutes, and war broke out.

    Blog text (31)
  • The Moments now go unnumbered.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Out yonder the ocean, how great and how wide, where small and great creatures unnumbered abide!

    Blog text (20)
  • OBS.CMT1 and OBS.CMT2 handle unnumbered comets.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered... I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City.

  • "Through dangers untold... and hardships unnumbered... I fought my way here to the castle... beyond the Goblin City... to take back the child that you have stolen."

  • Through dangers untold... and hardships unnumbered... I have fought my way here to the castle... beyond the Goblin City... to take back the child... that you have stolen.

  • I am put in mind of Pope's description of Belinda's dressing table in The Rape of the Lock: "Unnumbered treasures ope at once, and here / The various offerings of the world appear."

    Academic text (1995)
  • The library contained unnumbered volumes of ancient texts, each offering endless knowledge.

Synonyms

numerous
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432 2.0

A large number of things or people

applies to quantities so large they resist counting
countless
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245 2.5

There are so many that you cannot say how many

is the same idea in another form
infinite
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183 4.2

Without limits or end

refers specifically to amounts too many to count
untold
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52 4.8

A very large amount that cannot be counted or measured

is more specifically about very large uncounted totals
myriad
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35 7.0

Very many, too many to count

is the same idea but used more as a poetic term
innumerable
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21 5.4

Too many to count

is the same idea in another form
endless
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19 2.5

Very large in number that seems to have no limit

is focused on sheer quantity rather than limitless extent
incalculable
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13 8.1

Too great to measure or count

focuses on being too numerous to count rather than measurement
uncounted
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6 6.3

So many that you cannot say how many

is the same idea in another form
numberless
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3 6.0

So many that you cannot count them

is the same idea in another form
multitudinous
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  • Literature
2 7.9

Present in very large numbers

is more neutral and not especially formal
uncountable
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1 4.6

So many that you cannot count them one by one

is about very large totals rather than counting method
unnumerable
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7.9

Too many to count

is the same idea in another form
unnumberable
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7.8

So many that you cannot count them

is the same idea in another form
innumerous
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9.6

So many that you cannot count them

is the same idea in another form

Antonyms

23 2.2

Marked so you can tell its place in a list or identify it

How Many

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1 7.5
many
9 1.0
several
1.0
few
1.0

Surface Forms

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Morphology

unnumbered = numbered (semi-transparent) = un + number + ed

The figurative sense 'too many to be counted' is an extension of 'not numbered', making it not fully literal.

Etymology

Unnumbered comes from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and number meaning 'to count'. So unnumbered literally means 'not counted', which is why we use it for things that are too many to be counted.