Immeasurable
[ɪ'meʒ(ə)rəb(ə)l] or [ɪ'mɛʒərəbl]
Definition
(adj.) impossible to measure; 'unmeasurable reaches of outer space' .
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Definition
(a.) Incapble of being measured; indefinitely extensive; illimitable; immensurable; vast.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Illimitable, limitless, boundless, unbounded, measureless, immense, infinite.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Vast, boundless, illimitable, immense, unfathomable, infinite
ANT:Finite, bounded, limited, circumscribed, shallow, restricted
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Definition
adj. that cannot be measured: very great.—n. Immeas′urableness.—adv. Immeas′urably.—adj. Immeas′ured (Spens.) beyond the common measure immeasurable.
Typist: Susan
Examples
- Mr and Mrs Boffin, sitting side by side, with Fashion withdrawn to an immeasurable distance, fell to discussing how they could best find their orphan. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He is desirous of proclaiming that the interval between them is immeasurable, and invents a formula to give expression to his idea. Plato. The Republic.
- That conduct alone sinks him in a gulf of immeasurable inferiority. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They may be transformed to immeasurable enmities if he ventures to disturb them. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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