numberless

[ nuhm-ber-lis ]
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adjective
  1. so great in number that no numerically expressed amount is reasonable or possible; innumerable; countless; myriad.

  2. without any numerals or numbers: This account used to allow numberless passwords, but access now requires a password that includes at least one numeral.

Origin of numberless

1
First recorded in 1565–75; number + -less

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How to use numberless in a sentence

  • numberless crowded streets—high growths of iron, slender, strong, light, splendidly uprising toward clear skies.

  • I shall bring his two quartos back with me, and will point out numberless mistakes; but there are many excellent things in them.

  • To the graves of women especially we look for the recovery of numberless articles of use and adornment.

    The Towns of Roman Britain | James Oliver Bevan
  • Dauntlessly, in spite of thorns and the numberless scratches they inflicted, Digby led the way.

    Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. Kingston
  • There are German clubs and schools, and numberless clerks from all parts of Germany are to be found in business houses.

    Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond
  • numberless birds, many of large size, flew through the air or waded on the banks.

    In the Wilds of Florida | W.H.G. Kingston

British Dictionary definitions for numberless

numberless

/ (ˈnʌmbəlɪs) /


adjective
  1. too many to be counted; countless

  2. not containing or consisting of numbers

Derived forms of numberless

  • numberlessly, adverb
  • numberlessness, noun

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