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单词 uncountable
释义

uncountable

adjective

un·​count·​able ˌən-ˈkau̇n-tə-bəl How to pronounce uncountable (audio)
: unable to be counted
especially : of an amount too great to be counted
uncountable stars
There are great heaps of mussels; mackerel and sardines in uncountable numbers … Jay Jacobs

Synonyms

  • countless
  • innumerable
  • innumerous
  • myriad
  • numberless
  • uncounted
  • unnumbered
  • untold
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The violence of that crooked line has traumatized an uncountable number of people. Ajay Verghese, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2022 In spite of its lavish opera-house good looks, the room was once used for quite another industry, one that contributed to uncountable deaths. Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 29 July 2022 And the number of stories in the Free Press that owe their facts, accuracy or punch to her are uncountable. Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2022 However many books and movies take it as their subject, a historical travesty on the incomprehensible scale of the Holocaust must always contain within it an uncountable number of untold stories. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 July 2022 Ergodicity is a crucial concept in statistical mechanics, which (for example) deduces the behavior of a large volume of gas from the motions of its uncountable individual molecules. Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 18 Mar. 2022 Each star in its uncountable bouquet extended a petal of light across trillions of miles and into our puny lines of vision. Marion Renault, The New Republic, 20 Dec. 2021 This massive collection, now a decade old, gives you many of the (uncountable) highlights. The Week Staff, The Week, 13 Dec. 2021 And that the movie will have to demolish several San Francisco landmarks, uncountable bystanders, and most ideas of sense and continuity along the way. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 30 Sep. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1582, in the meaning defined above

uncountable

adjective

as in countless
too many to be counted an uncountable number of mosquitoes in the yard

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • countless
  • innumerable
  • numberless
  • many
  • uncounted
  • untold
  • numerous
  • infinite
  • unnumbered
  • myriad
  • innumerous
  • vast
  • endless
  • beyond number
  • unlimited
  • multitudinous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • countable
  • enumerable
  • finite
  • limited
  • numberable
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