unmeasured
Americanadjective
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of undetermined or indefinitely great extent or amount; unlimited; measureless.
the unmeasured heavens.
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unrestrained; intemperate.
unmeasured rage.
- Synonyms:
- lavish, unstinting
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Prosody. not metrical.
adjective
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measureless; limitless
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unrestrained; unlimited or lavish
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music without bar lines and hence without a fixed pulse
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of unmeasured
First recorded in 1350–1400, unmeasured is from the Middle English word unmesured. See un- 1, measured
Example Sentences
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A gallant rein, a restless spur, The hand to wield a biting scourge; Small patience for the tasks of Time, Unmeasured power to speed and urge.
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe
My lover endures Unmeasured mind-care: he remembers too oft A happier home.
From Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose by Various
Unmeasured ambitions, wild expectations, are too often, alike for the individual and the nation, the surest road to a lamentable ruin.
From England, Canada and the Great War by Desjardins, Louis-Georges
I see all human wits Are measured but a few; Unmeasured still my Shakspeare sits, Lone as the blessed Jew.
From Poems Household Edition by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Unmeasured was Mompesson's wrath when he returned and learned of the alarm.
From Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters by Bruce, H. Addington (Henry Addington)
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