innumerable

Also in·nu·mer·ous

[ih-noo-mer-uh-buhl, ih-nyoo-]

adjective

1. very numerous.

2. incapable of being counted; countless.

   Synonyms: numberless

innumerable

/ ɪˈnjuːmrəbəl, ɪˈnjuːmərəbəl /

adjective

1. so many as to be uncountable; extremely numerous

Other Word Forms

• innumerabilness noun
• innumerability noun
• innumerably adverb
• quasi-innumerable adjective
• quasi-innumerably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of innumerable¹

1300–50; Middle English, from Latin innumerābilis “countless, innumerable,” equivalent to in- in- ³ + numerābilis “that can be counted or numbered” ( numerā(re) “to count” + -bilis -ble )

Synonym Study

See many.

Example Sentences

But then there were the innumerable brand tie-ins, promotional stops, products and advertisements, intent on keeping the hype train on its tracks through the lucrative holiday season.

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Others insist that we have a moral responsibility to help those who are less fortunate, especially given the innumerable ways that rich nations exploit the Global South.

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I could feel their disgust and their self-righteous cancellation in every one of the innumerable wounds I already had.

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Instead, they identified immense, separate rings formed from innumerable nested arcs.

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Through innumerable “special rapporteurs” and working with many U.N. offices created over decades to pressure Israel, the council annually produces more resolutions assailing Israel than the entire rest of the world.

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Related Words

• countless 
• myriad 
• numerous 
• untold