numberless

[nuhm-ber-lis]

adjective

1. so great in number that no numerically expressed amount is reasonable or possible; innumerable; countless; myriad.

   Synonyms: numerous, untold, uncounted

2. without any numerals or numbers.

   This account used to allow numberless passwords, but access now requires a password that includes at least one numeral.

numberless

/ ˈnʌmbəlɪs /

adjective

1. too many to be counted; countless

2. not containing or consisting of numbers

Other Word Forms

• numberlessness noun
• numberlessly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of numberless¹

First recorded in 1565–75; number + -less

Example Sentences

North was hauled down before he released the numberless number nine Gareth Davies, who found the supporting Biggar to score the converted try.

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"He made numberless black people in South Africa realise Apartheid is based on a lie," he says.

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The Sassoons’ trading firm became one of the world’s first truly multinational companies, with numberless sons and daughters staffing its offices and spending its cash.

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It was in that martyr city, among hollowed houses and numberless casualties, where Beckett’s subtractive vision began to crystallize into a new art of bleak hope.

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I was off the grid, in a numberless limbo.

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