numberless
Americanadjective
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so great in number that no numerically expressed amount is reasonable or possible; innumerable; countless; myriad.
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without any numerals or numbers.
This account used to allow numberless passwords, but access now requires a password that includes at least one numeral.
adjective
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too many to be counted; countless
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not containing or consisting of numbers
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I speculate that Martha Jefferson’s death was in Thomas’s mind when, in the “Notes,” he mentioned “those numberless afflictions, which render it doubtful whether heaven has given life to us in mercy or in wrath.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
"He made numberless black people in South Africa realise Apartheid is based on a lie," he says.
From BBC ● May 30, 2023
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.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
I was off the grid, in a numberless limbo.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
It was a huge zoo, spread over numberless acres, big enough to require a train to explore it, though it seemed to get smaller as I grew older, train included.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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