measureless

measureless
/mezh"euhr lis/, adj.
too large or great to be measured; unlimited; immeasurable: a measureless distance; measureless contempt.
[1350-1400; ME measureles. See MEASURE, -LESS]
Syn. boundless, unbounded, limitless, vast, infinite.

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