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numberless

[ nuhm-ber-lis ]

/ ˈnʌm bər lɪs /

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adjective

innumerable; countless; myriad.

without a number.

Origin of numberless

First recorded in 1565–75; number + -less

SYNONYMS FOR numberless

1 uncounted, untold; numerous.

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Words nearby numberless

number three wood, number two, number work, number-cruncher, numbered account, numberless, numberplate, numbers, numbers game, numbers pool, numbfish

Example sentences from the Web for numberless

Numberless crowded streets—high growths of iron, slender, strong, light, splendidly uprising toward clear skies.

Cathleen Schine’s Favorite New York Books |Cathleen Schine |July 16, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Other fierce battles were fought and numberless single combats, when the English never failed to come away victorious.

The Golden Grasshopper |W.H.G. Kingston
He discoursed on numberless themes, and was interested in many things of the kind usually called 'topics.'

Res Judicat |Augustine Birrell
The numberless transformations of Alice could hardly be understood without photographs of her in the various stages.

Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home |Belle Moses

Guido Reni's portrait of Beatrice is well known through its numberless reproductions.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 |The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
Herein is the extreme value of the numberless scions of Royalty with which England is over-blessed.

Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. I (of 4).--1841-1857 |Charles L. Graves

British Dictionary definitions for numberless

numberless

/ (ˈnʌmbəlɪs) /

adjective

too many to be counted; countless

not containing or consisting of numbers

Derived forms of numberless

numberlessly, adverb numberlessness, noun