uncountable

[ uhn-koun-tuh-buhl ]

/ ʌnˈkaʊn tə bəl /

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adjective

not countable; incapable of having the total precisely ascertained: uncountable colonies of bacteria; uncountable kindnesses and small favors.

indefinitely large in number; infinite: the uncountable days of eternity.

Origin of uncountable

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at un-¹, countable

Words nearby uncountable

uncork, uncorrect, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncorrupted, uncountable, uncounted, uncouple, uncourteous, uncourtly, uncouth

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Example sentences from the Web for uncountable

She was 73, a mother of 10 and grandmother of an “uncountable number.”
A Little Too Off the Beaten Path in Burma|Katya Cengel|June 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Thus, the shameful, bigoted neglect of HIV/AIDS for most of his term at an uncountable cost in human life.
100 Years of Right (And Left) Moves|Robert Shrum|March 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And that from an old bachelor, with uncountable money-bags, to his only nephew!
The Bertrams|Anthony Trollope
These Mullas danced; they crouched down in the dreadful cold, thinking to warm their hands at these uncountable fires.
The Three Mulla-mulgars|Walter De La Mare

He was uncountable millions of light-years from his own people.
The Colors of Space|Marion Zimmer Bradley
The weeded-out descendants, of the victors of uncountable violent contests.
Deathworld|Harry Harrison
Outside and above the colony there were uncountable myriads of stars.
Sand Doom|William Fitzgerald Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for uncountable

uncountable

/ (ʌnˈkaʊntəbəl) /

adjective

too many to be counted; innumerable

linguistics denoting a noun that does not refer to an isolable objectSee mass noun

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单词	uncountable
释义	uncountable [ uhn-koun-tuh-buhl ] / ʌnˈkaʊn tə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR uncountable ON THESAURUS.COM adjective not countable; incapable of having the total precisely ascertained: uncountable colonies of bacteria; uncountable kindnesses and small favors. indefinitely large in number; infinite: the uncountable days of eternity. Origin of uncountable Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at un-¹, countable Words nearby uncountable uncork, uncorrect, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncorrupted, uncountable, uncounted, uncouple, uncourteous, uncourtly, uncouth Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for uncountable She was 73, a mother of 10 and grandmother of an “uncountable number.” A Little Too Off the Beaten Path in Burma\|Katya Cengel\|June 2, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Thus, the shameful, bigoted neglect of HIV/AIDS for most of his term at an uncountable cost in human life. 100 Years of Right (And Left) Moves\|Robert Shrum\|March 31, 2014\|DAILY BEAST And that from an old bachelor, with uncountable money-bags, to his only nephew! The Bertrams\|Anthony Trollope These Mullas danced; they crouched down in the dreadful cold, thinking to warm their hands at these uncountable fires. The Three Mulla-mulgars\|Walter De La Mare He was uncountable millions of light-years from his own people. The Colors of Space\|Marion Zimmer Bradley The weeded-out descendants, of the victors of uncountable violent contests. Deathworld\|Harry Harrison Outside and above the colony there were uncountable myriads of stars. Sand Doom\|William Fitzgerald Jenkins British Dictionary definitions for uncountable uncountable / (ʌnˈkaʊntəbəl) / adjective too many to be counted; innumerable linguistics denoting a noun that does not refer to an isolable objectSee mass noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to uncountable boundless, capricious, chancy, countless, enormous, erratic, iffy, immeasurable, immense, incomputable, inestimable, infinite, innumerable, jillion, measureless, numberless, uncertain, unforeseen, unpredictable, untold
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uncountable

adjective

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adjective

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