unmeasured

[ uhn-mezh-erd ]

/ ʌnˈmɛʒ ərd /

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adjective

of undetermined or indefinitely great extent or amount; unlimited; measureless: the unmeasured heavens.

unrestrained; intemperate: unmeasured rage.

Prosody. not metrical.

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Origin of unmeasured

First recorded in 1350–1400, unmeasured is from the Middle English word unmesured. See un-¹, measured

SYNONYMS FOR unmeasured

1. immense, vast. 2. unstinting, lavish.

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Related formsun·meas·ur·a·ble, adjectiveun·meas·ur·a·bly, adverbun·meas·ured·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for unmeasurable

It was "an unmeasurable wilderness," and "when it would be settled was past calculation," Fisher Ames said.
James Madison|Sydney Howard Gay
She soweth her seed of flattery, she invades his spirit and intangleth him with continuall snares of unmeasurable love.
The Golden Asse|Lucius Apuleius
The unmeasurable ambition of the Emperor, and his total want of moral principle and honor, are suspected.
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson
The two men stared at each other, unmoving, for the unmeasurable unit of time that the ship fell.
The Ethical Engineer|Henry Maxwell Dempsey

But now he comprehended the unmeasurable longing that had, for the time, banished every other consideration from the younger man.
Cytherea|Joseph Hergesheimer

British Dictionary definitions for unmeasurable

unmeasured

/ (ʌnˈmɛʒəd) /

adjective

measureless; limitless

unrestrained; unlimited or lavish

music without bar lines and hence without a fixed pulse

Derived Formsunmeasurable, adjectiveunmeasurableness, noununmeasurably, adverbunmeasuredly, adverb

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Word Origin and History for unmeasurable

unmeasurable

adj.

late 14c., from un- (1) "not" + measurable.