bottomless

[bot-uhm-lis]

adjective

1. lacking a bottom.

2. immeasurably deep.

3. unfathomable; mysterious.

   a bottomless problem.

4. without bounds; unlimited.

   He seems to have a bottomless supply of money.

   Synonyms: inexhaustible, infinite, boundless

5. without basis, cause, or reason.

   a bottomless accusation.

6. nude or nearly nude below as well as above the waist.

   bottomless dancers.

7. featuring bottomless entertainers.

   a bottomless club.

bottomless

/ ˈbɒtəmlɪs /

adjective

1. having no bottom

2. unlimited; inexhaustible

3. very deep

Other Word Forms

• bottomlessly adverb
• bottomlessness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bottomless¹

1275–1325; Middle English botomles. See bottom, -less; bottomless 6, 7 on the model of topless

Example Sentences

In exchange, the cartel promised a bottomless supply of cheap drugs that the Mexican Mafia could sell on American streets.

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The American political divide has grown into a bottomless chasm; fall too deeply inside, and it’s likely you may never come out.

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Throughout the documentary, friends and lovers remember Jeff’s bottomless well of empathy, which was no more pronounced than in his music.

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These songs tap into the bottomless well that Mexicans have for gallows humor.

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The best brunches in L.A. include seafood towers at a Virgil Village clam shack, live jazz and bottomless mimosas in Sherman Oaks and tableside cinnamon rolls and Bloody Marys in Brentwood, plus much more.

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Related Words

• boundless 
• endless 
• infinite 
• unending 
• unfathomable 
• unlimited 
• vast