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limitless

[ lim-it-lis ]

/ ˈlɪm ɪt lɪs /

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adjective

without limit; boundless: limitless ambition; limitless space.

Words nearby limitless

limites, limiting, limiting adjective, limiting factor, limiting layer of cornea, limitless, limitrophe, limivorous, limmasol, limmer, limn

Origin of limitless

First recorded in 1575–85; limit + -less

SYNONYMS FOR limitless

unbounded, measureless, unending, countless.

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OTHER WORDS FROM limitless

lim·it·less·ly, adverblim·it·less·ness, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for limitless

Barack Obama has shown America that crony corporatism, patronage politics, and limitless government know no party.
America’s Slumbering Secession Obsession|James Poulos|September 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As such, the limitless nature of comic book fantasy is used, by and large, to keep limits in place.
DC Comics’ Diversity Crisis: Why the Status Quo Rules|Liz Watson|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So too the many variations on its theme, each fueled by our limitless urge to flirt.
Patient’s STD Diagnosis Posted on Facebook|Kent Sepkowitz|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“The limitless universe might even include other planets with other beings created by that same loving God,” he wrote in the book.
Pope Francis: Church Would Baptize Aliens|Barbie Latza Nadeau|May 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I am talking very personally about an Israel where there is idealism, compassion, and limitless dedication.
Points of Light in Israeli Society|Daniel Gavron|July 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
My freedom of action was limitless and his trust absolute, and he never questioned any of my actions except as a joke.
Edgar Saltus: The Man|Marie Saltus
All creation—with all creation's limitless possibilities—lay in the warm darkness that enveloped her.
The Gambler|Katherine Cecil Thurston
In these limitless meadows herds of three or four thousand wild buffaloes wander at random.
Atala|Franois Auguste de Chateaubriand
The beaming planets, also voyagers on a limitless sea of mystery and doubt, looked down, cold and unsympathetic.
On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck|R. Pitcher Woodward
It is only in the light of love that all limits are merged in the limitless.
My Reminiscences|Rabindranath Tagore

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