uncountable

[ uhn-koun-tuh-buhl ]

/ ʌnˈkaʊn tə bəl /

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adjective

not countable; incapable of having the total precisely ascertained: uncountable colonies of bacteria; uncountable kindnesses and small favors.

indefinitely large in number; infinite: the uncountable days of eternity.

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Origin of uncountable

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at un-¹, countable

Words nearby uncountable

uncork, uncorrect, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncorrupted, uncountable, uncounted, uncouple, uncourteous, uncourtly, uncouth

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How to use uncountable in a sentence

Historically, most trials enrolled only males, resulting in uncounted—and likely uncountable—consequences for public health and medicine.
The quest to show that biological sex matters in the immune system|Sandeep Ravindran|August 15, 2022|MIT Technology Review
In spite of its lavish opera-house good looks, the room was once used for quite another industry, one that contributed to uncountable deaths.
Mammoth Cave National Park Is Spooky yet Stunning|tzemke|July 29, 2022|Outside Online
The cycle of test-and-learn has yielded uncountable benefits this year and helped the industry evolve in double-time.
Deep Dive: How the coronavirus crisis accelerated the already cresting CTV sea change|Jessica Rapp|December 21, 2020|Digiday
She was 73, a mother of 10 and grandmother of an “uncountable number.”
A Little Too Off the Beaten Path in Burma|Katya Cengel|June 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Thus, the shameful, bigoted neglect of HIV/AIDS for most of his term at an uncountable cost in human life.
100 Years of Right (And Left) Moves|Robert Shrum|March 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then there are roundabouts uncountable, and gymnasia abundant.
Mystic London:|Charles Maurice Davies
The airport was just as he had remembered it on the first day of his awakening—it now seemed uncountable ages in the past.
The Onslaught from Rigel|Fletcher Pratt
Just beneath the shallow plough of the peasant lie riches uncountable for the nation that shall bring them to the light of day.
The Ship Dwellers|Albert Bigelow Paine
Many great fortunes were made in the War itself; an uncountable number got started during the two decades following.
A Book of Prefaces|H. L. Mencken
The number of scraggy waste places he swept clear, first and last, and built tight human dwellings upon, is almost uncountable.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. VIII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle

British Dictionary definitions for uncountable

uncountable

/ (ʌnˈkaʊntəbəl) /

adjective

too many to be counted; innumerable

linguistics denoting a noun that does not refer to an isolable objectSee mass noun

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