innumerable
Americanadjective
Related Words
See many.
Other Word Forms
- innumerability noun
- innumerabilness noun
- innumerably adverb
- quasi-innumerable adjective
- quasi-innumerably adverb
Etymology
Origin of innumerable
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 )
Example Sentences
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Recruiters and hiring managers say they don’t know how much stock to put in a credential from any of the innumerable online courses out there.
By 2010, nearly every college and applicant had gone online, with its innumerable conveniences: no issue making corrections, no hassle feeding pages into a typewriter, no trips to the post office.
The Dead’s graphic symbols, including “dancing” bears, the “Stealie” lightning skull and instrument-wielding terrapins, were plastered across innumerable merchandise and became a calling card of hippie-influenced counterculture over the ensuing decades.
From Los Angeles Times
Norman Podhoretz was the author of a dozen or so books and innumerable reviews and essays, all written in clear, unpretentious prose.
The author seems to trust that a coherent narrative will emerge, without the help of analytical threads, from a jumble of facts, tableaux, faces and innumerable quotes.
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