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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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.
The agencies at stake in the case “regulate innumerable aspects of modern life,” and the officials who enact those regulations wield authority that ultimately belongs to the president, he said.
It can feel, at times, that Big Tech is just trying to one-up each other—predicting all of the innumerable ways that AI will remake the world.
He is the author of 20-plus novels, several notable histories and literary studies, and innumerable essays and reviews.
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