illimitable

Examples

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• On founding the University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson stated that "this institution will be based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind."

  Academic text (1990)

• And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.

  Academic text (1997)

• The Queen-in-Parliament is sovereign and illimitable.

  Academic text (1994)

• "And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death "held illimitable dominion over all."

  The Raven (2012)

• O eternal Immensity, what illimitable expansion have I seen in Thee?

  Blog text (27)

• The Chippewa earth is traditionally conceived of as an island in itself, floating in a round, illimitable ocean.

  Academic text (1997)

• P55 Plotinus asks how we should conceive of the illimitable.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Stared into the illimitable gulf of the unknown... the Stygian world yawning blackly beyond.

  In the Mouth of Madness (1995)

• It is useless, of course, to dwell upon my joy—upon my transport—upon my illimitable ecstasy of heart.

  Academic text (1999)

• However, in the century since Wilson brooded about the emergence of "an intricate society," our big country has acquired a big government that seems to foster dependence and inflames incontinent appetites, including appetites for government provision of illimitable wants.

  Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

L

limitless

vsillimitable

41 4.0

Very large and without any end

is about having no boundary rather than only hard to judge

I

immeasurable

vsillimitable

14 5.5

So large or great you cannot say how big

focuses on absence of boundary rather than just being hard to judge

I

incalculable

vsillimitable

13 8.1

Too great to measure or count

stresses being without border or end rather than merely hard to compute

U

unbounded

vsillimitable

4 6.3

Not limited in amount or size

is about lack of edges rather than mere difficulty in judging

I

inestimable

vsillimitable

3 8.6

So great that you cannot measure its value

is about having no border or end rather than only vastness

U

unmeasurable

vsillimitable

1 6.2

Too large or without clear limits to say how big it is

means lack of boundary or end rather than only being unexpressible

U

unquantifiable

vsillimitable

1 7.8

Impossible to measure or show with a number

is broader, meaning no border or end rather than only lacking numbers

M

measureless

vsillimitable

• Literature

1 7.5

Very large in size or number with no clear limit

highlights absence of border or end rather than only size difficulty

I

imponderable

vsillimitable

• Formal

1 9.2

Hard to predict or measure exactly

is stronger, meaning without border or end rather than just uncertain

U

unmeasured

vsillimitable

1 6.4

Something that has no clear limit

is broader, meaning without border or end rather than merely undetermined

I

immensurable

vsillimitable

9.9

Too great to measure

places emphasis on being without border rather than measurement impossibility

I

incomputable

vsillimitable

• Specialized

9.9

Too hard to calculate or measure

focuses on absence of boundary rather than being only uncomputable

U

unfigurable

vsillimitable

• Specialized

9.9

Not able to be measured in numbers

refers more widely to having no border or end rather than numeric limits

N

nonmeasurable

vsillimitable

7.2

You cannot give a number or amount for it

is about lacking a border or end rather than only measurement problems

How Limitless

illimitable

• Literature

1 9.9

boundless

27 5.0

unlimited

173 1.5

limited

393 2.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology