immeasurable

[ ih-mezh-er-uh-buhl ]

/ ɪˈmɛʒ ər ə bəl /

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adjective

incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.

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Origin of immeasurable

First recorded in 1350–1400, immeasurable is from the Middle English word immesurable.See im-², measurable

OTHER WORDS FROM immeasurable

im·meas·ur·a·bil·i·ty, im·meas·ur·a·ble·ness, nounim·meas·ur·a·bly, adverb

Words nearby immeasurable

immateriality, immaterialize, immature, immature cataract, immaturity, immeasurable, immediacy, immediate, immediate allergy, immediate annuity, immediate auscultation

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How to use immeasurable in a sentence

Sure, we’re not a young woman trying to fly while carrying the immeasurable weight of a million kinds of hope on her young shoulders.
Simone Biles and Why We All Get the 'Twisties' (Even If We Can't Fly)|Susanna Schrobsdorff|August 2, 2021|Time
The ethnically Tibetan group numbers some 150,000 and is famed for producing elite mountaineers who have made immeasurable contributions to Himalayan exploration.
The COVID-19 Pandemic May Be the Hardest Mountain Nepal's Sherpas Have Ever Had to Climb|Rojita Adhikari / Everest South Base Camp and Kathmandu|May 21, 2021|Time
The toll in lost productivity, related increases in substance abuse, and heartbreak is immeasurable.
Depression Is a Pandemic. Let's Use the Lessons of COVID-19 to Find Treatments|Susanna Schrobsdorff|May 17, 2021|Time
These revelations did immeasurable damage to his reputation.
Ted Cruz’s proposed election commission can only hurt the country|Stuart MacKay|January 6, 2021|Washington Post

What he has meant to our organization and our community is immeasurable and will not be forgotten.
Wizards trade point guard John Wall to Rockets for Russell Westbrook|Ben Golliver, Ava Wallace|December 3, 2020|Washington Post
The charm continues when he waxes on—and on—about the immeasurable respect he has for Cumberbatch, his friend of over 15 years.
From ‘The Good Wife’ to ‘The Imitation Game’: Matthew Goode Wages His Charm Offensive|Kevin Fallon|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But publicly, once they make that decision, the trickle down effect is immeasurable.
The Jason Collins Effect: Yes, They Can|Nicholas McCarvel|April 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No, the difference between the postcard and the real thing is immeasurable.
Face to Face With ‘The Goldfinch,’ the Painting from Donna Tartt’s Novel|Malcolm Jones|December 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This development spared Obama immeasurable misery in his remaining three-plus years.
Will Obama Learn the Right Lesson From the Summers Debacle?|Michael Tomasky|September 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His influence on poets and readers of poetry is immeasurable.
How Seamus Heaney Influenced Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey|Natasha Trethewey|September 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Think of the immeasurable wealth of a Providence who could create such a wonder for just two insignificant human beings.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond
His aching heart, filled with an immeasurable love, remained without the relief of utterance.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
It exists in vast immeasurable quantities in connexion with all material worlds.
The Kingdom of God, Part 1|Orson Pratt
Marriage had not abridged his immeasurable remoteness, nor touched his incorruptible refinement.
The Creators|May Sinclair
These immeasurable forces produce sometimes extraordinary inundations.
Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo

British Dictionary definitions for immeasurable

immeasurable

/ (ɪˈmɛʒərəbəl) /

adjective

incapable of being measured, esp by virtue of great size; limitless

Derived forms of immeasurable

immeasurability or immeasurableness, nounimmeasurably, adverb

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