innumerable
/ɪˈnuːməɹ.əbəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered.
Example Sentences
- "The casualties of the Second World War were so great that they are innumerable."
- "Soon we could see the innumerable banners fluttering, and then the sun struck the sea of armor and set it all aflash."
- "The wide sandy plain of the valley, some five miles long, which slopes imperceptibly down to Issik Pakhta, is overgrown with minute bushes. All the tiny streams we crossed unite to form the Alessun Gol, which then flows westwards to the pasture grounds of Kala Otlak. We observed dozens of herds of orongo, mainly females, with innumerable young. The landscape looked highly unpromising for agriculture yet I noticed that the folk of Bulaq Bashi planted grain. Four hours’ marching took us to within sight of Issik Pakhta Nor, which the maps also record as Khon Qum Nor."
- "Kjelsås (six miles) marks the end of the suburbs, and the line immediately plunges into Nordmarka. This vast untamed area of forest and mountain (much of it over 2,000 ft. above sea level), interspersed with innumerable lakes, large and small, is known as Oslo's playground."
Etymology
From in- + numerable; from Middle English innumerable, from Latin innumerābilis, from in- + numerābilis.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪˈnuːməɹ.əbəl/
- British English: /ɪˈnjuːməɹ.əbəl/
Inflected Forms
more innumerable (comparative)
most innumerable (superlative)