unmeasured
Americanadjective
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of undetermined or indefinitely great extent or amount; unlimited; measureless.
the unmeasured heavens.
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unrestrained; intemperate.
unmeasured rage.
- Synonyms:
- lavish, unstinting
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Prosody. not metrical.
adjective
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measureless; limitless
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unrestrained; unlimited or lavish
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music without bar lines and hence without a fixed pulse
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Etymology
Origin of unmeasured
First recorded in 1350–1400, unmeasured is from the Middle English word unmesured. See un- 1, measured
Example Sentences
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As a result, the superconducting gap in these materials had remained unmeasured, leaving a major gap in scientists' understanding of how high-temperature superconductivity works in hydrogen-rich compounds.
From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025
“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.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2024
"Another potential unmeasured confounder is the type of work, which may also influence a person's chronotype, health behaviors and diabetes risk," they wrote.
From Salon • Sep. 12, 2023
In their unmeasured hunger to capitalize on nostalgia and the promise of a built-in audience, studios time and again have refused to consider that what succeeded in one medium doesn’t inherently translate benignly into another.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2023
This need to be always on guard was an unmeasured expenditure of energy, the slow siphoning of the essence.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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