numberless

C2 Topic:Numbers & Quantity
US /ˈnʌm.bɚ.ləs/ UK /ˈnʌm.bə.ləs/
adj Freq #80157

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    too numerous to count; existing in a very great number

    Numberless stars became visible as the last daylight faded.

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Synonyms
1 adj · too numerous to count;... countlessinnumerablemyriaduncounted
More endless
Opposites
countablefewlimitedfinite
Word family
Derived forms numberlesslynumberlessness

Etymology

Formed in English from number + -less, literally 'without number.' The adjective has long been used hyperbolically for a quantity so large that counting it would be impractical, rather than only for something mathematically infinite.

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