measureless

American  

[mezh-er-lis] / ˈmɛʒ ər lɪs /

adjective

1. too large or great to be measured; unlimited; immeasurable.

   a measureless distance; measureless contempt.

   Synonyms:

   infinite, vast, limitless, unbounded, boundless

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measureless British  

/ ˈmɛʒəlɪs /

adjective

1. limitless, vast, or infinite

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Other Word Forms

• measurelessly adverb
• measurelessness noun

Etymology

Origin of measureless

First recorded in 1350–1400, measureless is from the Middle English word measureles. See measure, -less

Example Sentences

Then there’s that ring everyone is after, which brings measureless might to those who renounce love.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2018

Each word is pronounced as though it encompasses measureless meaning.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2017

With its evocation of the "seething mass" of America and its "measureless crudity," it gives a prose version of his poetic vision.

From Time Magazine Archive

What they give to each other is measureless, like divine grace; what they take is inexorable, like mortal fate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Why go through the motions of getting an education and watch the war slowly chip away at the one thing I had loved here, the peace, the measureless, careless peace of the Devon summer?

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles