limitless
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of limitless
Explanation
When something is limitless, there's an unending amount or supply of it. If you truly believe there are limitless possibilities in life, you see no limit to what people can achieve. If the investor funding your business idea says she has limitless financial resources, that means the money will never run out. And if your friend promises limitless supplies of ice cream at her party, she's confident she won't run out. The ocean appears limitless — boundless in size — when you gaze at the horizon, and you may feel limitless amounts of love for the special people in your life. Limitless things have no limit, a word based in the Latin limitem, "boundary."
Example Sentences
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Social Security’s actuaries calculated that Larson’s bill would ensure the program’s solvency for at least 75 years, but in practical terms into the almost limitless future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
But without a limitless bankroll at their disposal, those clubs almost certainly couldn’t have retained Skubal, making him an extraordinarily expensive rental.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
People's desire to travel seems limitless, with airlines able to sell more flights to more destinations.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
At that rate, the stable yet virtually limitless cash flow that comes from selling to a multi-billion-dollar company could be a boon for maintaining consistent growth and usability.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
On they went, higher and higher up the dizzying trail, on one side the sheer stone walls and brutal peaks towering above them, and on the other an endless, limitless, bottomless nothing.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
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