uncountable

uncountable
/un kown"teuh beuhl/, adj.
1. not countable; incapable of having the total precisely ascertained: uncountable colonies of bacteria; uncountable kindnesses and small favors.
2. indefinitely large in number; infinite: the uncountable days of eternity.
[1350-1400; ME; see UN-1, COUNTABLE]

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