limitless

[ lim-it-lis ]

/ ˈlɪm ɪt lɪs /

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adjective

without limit; boundless: limitless ambition; limitless space.

OTHER WORDS FOR limitless

unbounded, measureless, unending, countless.

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Origin of limitless

First recorded in 1575–85; limit + -less

OTHER WORDS FROM limitless

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

Words nearby limitless

limited war, limiter, limiting, limiting adjective, limiting factor, limitless, limit man, limit of resolution, limit order, limit point, limitrophe

How to use limitless in a sentence

It’s also a question with seemingly limitless answers, as states, school districts, and teachers unions have been left to negotiate safety among themselves — with, until recently, little guidance from the federal government.
What it would really take to reopen American schools|Anna North|February 2, 2021|Vox
Video games can serve an almost limitless number of functions, from a consumer entertainment product to a living library for government-censored speech and research.
Video games deserve better than blanket, parachute coverage from reporters who don’t get it|Gene Park|January 27, 2021|Washington Post
In adulthood, too, Orellana Garcia’s energy seemed limitless.
Covid-19 destroyed a young man’s lungs. Can his foster mom let him go?|Steve Thompson|January 19, 2021|Washington Post
No constitutional rights are limitless—and the repeal of Section 230 has nothing to do with freedom of speech.
Now is not the time to repeal Section 230, but it should be soon|jakemeth|December 30, 2020|Fortune

It seems like the hope of near-limitless clean energy may not be as far off as we thought.
New Reactor Design Could Produce First Ever Energy-Positive Fusion Reaction|Edd Gent|October 5, 2020|Singularity Hub
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 vast cache of sensitive data could be used for an almost limitless number of fraudulent purposes by hackers.
EVERY eBay Account Holder Worldwide Has Been Hacked, Company Says|Tom Sykes|May 22, 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
Jane now pursued her studies and her limitless reading with unabated ardor.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
The expanse, apparently so limitless, open to her view, invited her fancy to a range equally boundless.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
But she had quickly grown to love the broad, free Indian reservation, with its limitless miles of unfenced hills.
Mystery Ranch|Arthur Chapman
But the Assyrians (like the Romans after them) could avail themselves of a limitless amount of dirt-cheap labour.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram
Its limitless deeps reveal themselves to us, and yet baffle our gaze: close themselves against research, but open to conjecture.
Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo