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immeasurable Definition

im·meas·ur·able (i mez̸hər ə bəl)

adjective

that cannot be measured; boundless; vast

immeasurable Related Forms

im·meas′·ur·abil·ity noun or im·meas·ur·able·ness im·meas·ur·ably adverb

immeasurable Synonyms

immeasurable

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immeasurable Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • greatness: And, contrasting his pitiable unimportance with the immeasurable greatness of God, he feels that he is of no account.
  • contribution: In doing so she also made an immeasurable contribution to enabling women to lift themselves up from being second-class citizens and inferior beings.
  • amount: In the event the success of the consultation owed an immeasurable amount to the devoted work of the Bible Society staff.
  • distance: Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us.
  • mind: In early Buddhist texts it is not uncommon for the Buddha to recommend the four immeasurable minds to brahmins to practice.
  • damage: Legal DVD production has done immeasurable damage to good comedy already, don't let it continue!

Modifying Another Word

  • seemingly: Internet search engines exist to organize the seemingly immeasurable amount of information available on the web.
  • almost: The benefit that hosting the games has is almost immeasurable.

Used with adjective complement

seem: The resources of the king for war by land and by sea seemed immeasurable.