Measureless

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not measured because it is so large that it is difficult or impossible to do so. not-comparable

    "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea."

Adjective
  1. 1
    without limits in extent or size or quantity wordnet

Example

More examples

"The landscape was a measureless yellow mass of flourishing sunflowers."

Etymology

From measure + -less.

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