unmeasured

[uhn-mezh-erd]

adjective

1. of undetermined or indefinitely great extent or amount; unlimited; measureless.

   the unmeasured heavens.

   Synonyms: vast, immense

2. unrestrained; intemperate.

   unmeasured rage.

   Synonyms: lavish, unstinting

3. Prosody.,  not metrical.

unmeasured

/ ʌnˈmɛʒəd /

adjective

1. measureless; limitless

2. unrestrained; unlimited or lavish

3. music without bar lines and hence without a fixed pulse

Other Word Forms

• unmeasurable adjective
• unmeasurably adverb
• unmeasuredly adverb
• unmeasurableness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unmeasured¹

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

Example Sentences

Most warned that the results could be skewed by unmeasured factors, known as confounders, such as family genetics or parental health differences.

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And Lord knows I’m unmeasured in other areas day-to-day, too, so it’s not like I’m some paragon of containment, but yeah, just the revenge thing, there’s a lot of schoolyard stuff going on.

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“I viewed severe misalignments when the plane came together, which was remedied by using unmeasured and unlimited amount of force to fit the misaligned holes and parts together,” Salehpour said.

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And although the large sample size and long follow-up allowed the risk of bias to be reduced, the authors acknowledge the possibility that other unmeasured factors could affect results.

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The team also had a number of species in their green roof that likely arrived via unmeasured vectors such birds, insects, or even rats.

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Related Words

• boundless 
• immeasurable 
• infinite